The man described by the New York Times as "the English-speaking world's most eminent director" charts the aesthetic and spiritual journeys of his own remarkable career

In graceful and vivid scenes, Threads of Time chronicles the evolution of an extraordinary artistic intelligence, a man whose interests range worldwide from film and theater to myth and the inner life. Brook reveals the myriad sources driving his lifelong passion for finding the most expressive way to tell a story. Over the years we watch his metamorphosis from traditionalist to radical innovator, witnessing his expanding field of vision and sense of dramatic possibility.

Peter Brook received his M.A. at Oxford, where he founded the Oxford University Film Society. A former codirector of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he currently heads the International Centre of Theatre Research, which he founded in Paris in 1971. He has directed more than fifty productions, and his films include the original Lord of the Flies. He lives with his wife Natasha Parry in Paris.