Nicholas Hytner

Director and producer. Born 7 May 1956 in Manchester, England, UK.

Titles on Fi1m6 directing · 1 producing

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 6 titles

Born

7 May 1956, Manchester, England, UK

Active

1994–present

Frequently works with

Alan Bennett, Damian Jones, Dominic Cooper, Kevin Loader, Nigel Hawthorne, Paul Rudd, Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

68Fi1m

63Critics

We rate Nicholas’s work 5 points above the press, across 5 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above1

60 to 794

Under 601

Of 6 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 5 films, 1 series
Screen time: 9 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $77m across 4 films with figures
Active: 1994–present

Genres

Drama6
Comedy4
History2
Music1

Best and worst on Fi1m

83BestThe Madness of King George1994

57WorstThe Choral2025

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

21970s

51990s

52000s

162010s

72020s

Co-stars most worked with

Alan Bennett6 titles

Dominic Cooper3 titles

Nigel Hawthorne2 titles

Paul Rudd2 titles

Ralph Fiennes2 titles

Roger Allam2 titles

Producers most worked with

Damian Jones3 titles

Kevin Loader3 titles

Awards

Other awards3 won · 2 nominated

Won2015Bodley Medal: Bodley Medal
Nominated2012Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
Won2006Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
Won1994Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Nominated1991Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.