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Nicholas Hytner (born May 7, 1956) is an award-winning British theatrical and opera producer and director.
Background
Hytner was born in Manchester to a Jewish family, attended the Manchester Grammar School and read English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He worked as an Associate Director at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre between 1985 and 1989, and at the Royal National Theatre in London between 1989 and 1997. His directional work includes Ghetto, Miss Saigon, Orpheus Descending, a 2-part adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, Alan Bennett's The History Boys and Carousel.
He has also directed movies, such as The Crucible, The Madness of King George, The Object of My Affection and Center Stage.
Director at the Royal National Theatre
He was appointed director of the Royal National Theatre in London in 2003. He has made some drastic changes at the National, choosing much more political and controversial pieces than his predecessors, but he was famously quoted upon being appointed the job that he himself was "a member of all sorts of interesting minorities". He also introduced a very successful plan called the Travelex £10 Season, which, as the name suggests, offers up a number of tickets at a very reduced price.
Hytner's film version of the very successful The History Boys is expected in 2006.
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1956 births | Living people | Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge | British film directors | English theatre directors | Jewish film directors | Producers
"Nicholas Hytner"