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Gary Halvorson

Director · 131 credits · 4 in highly-rated films

Best known for Elmo's Christmas Countdown (2007)

Frequent collaborators: Robert Lepage, David McVicar, Bartlett Sher, Laurent Pelly, Franco Zeffirelli

Directed movies (130 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours

    2022

    Music, Drama

    61

  2. Strauss: Elektra

    2016 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    62

  3. The Metropolitan Opera: Champion

    2023 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    63

  4. The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying Dutchman

    2020

    Music

    64

  5. Puccini: La Bohème

    2008

    Drama, Music

    65

  6. The Metropolitan Opera: Così Fan Tutte

    2014

    Music

    66

  7. Peter Pan

    2000 · ★ 6.5 (15 votes)

    Fantasy, Family, Music

    67

  8. Massenet: Manon

    2012

    Music, Drama

    68

  9. Götterdämmerung

    2012 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Music

    69

  10. The Metropolitan Opera: Norma

    2017

    Music, Drama

    70

  11. The Metropolitan Opera: Manon

    2019 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Music, Drama

    71

  12. Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites

    2019

    Drama, Music

    72

  13. Vanities

    1981

    73

  14. The Metropolitan Opera: Wozzeck

    2020

    Music

    74

  15. Die Walküre - Metropolitan Opera

    2019

    Drama

    75

  16. Les Contes d'Hoffmann

    2009

    Music

    76

  17. The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play

    1999

    Family, Music

    77

  18. Lucia di Lammermoor

    2009 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Music

    78

  19. Brett Butler: The Child Ain't Right

    1993

    Comedy

    79

  20. Massenet: Thaïs

    2008

    Music

    80

  21. The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

    2020

    Music, Drama, Comedy

    81

  22. The Metropolitan Opera: Andrea Chénier

    2025 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    82

  23. Il Trovatore - Metropolitan Opera

    2015 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    83

  24. The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlos

    2022 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Music, Drama, History

    84

  25. The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin

    2016

    Music

    85

  26. Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny

    1995

    86

  27. The Regard of Flight

    1983 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    87

  28. The Metropolitan Opera: Der Rosenkavalier

    2023 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    88

  29. The Metropolitan Opera: Fedora

    2023 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    Music

    89

  30. The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale

    2010

    Music

    90

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.