Sam Mendes
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 58 |
Date of birth | August 1,1965 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Reading |
United Kingdom | |
Residence | Dorset |
England | |
Upcoming movies | 1917 |
Spouse | Alison Balsom |
Kate Winslet | |
Height | 178 (cm) |
Parents | Jameson Peter Mendes |
Valerie Helene Mendes | |
Children | Joe Mendes |
Production company | Neal Street Productions |
Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
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ID | 407841 |
Spectre
American Beauty
Revolutionary Road
Road to Perdition
Jarhead
Away We Go
Starter for 10
Things We Lost in the Fire
NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage
The Hollow Crown: Henry V
Shrek the Musical
Richard II
A Discussion About Things We Lost in the Fire
Blood
Henry IV, Part I and Part II
The Hollow Crown
Cabaret
Company
1917
Empire of Light
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture
BAFTA Award for Best British Film
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director
Bodil Award for Best American Film
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
Laurence Olivier Award for Society of London Theatre Special Award
Empire Award for Best Director
London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
Empire Inspiration Award
Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer
London Film Critics' Circle Award for Director of the Year
Shakespeare Prize
Robert Award for Best American Film
Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Director
WhatsOnStage Award for Best Direction
Academy Award for Best Directing
Sam Mendes Life story
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List.
1.Biography of Sam Mendes
Sam mendes is a british film director. Producer. And screenwriter. He was born in reading. Berkshire. England in is a graudate of the nuiversity of cambridge. He began his career as a theatre director. And won an academy award for best director for his debut film american beauty in 1999. He has since directed sevreal other acclaimed films. Including road to perdition. Jarhead. Revolutionary road. Away we go. Skyfall. Spectre. And 1917. He is also a three-time tnoy award winner for directing the stage productions of the ferryman and sea wall/a life.2.Awards and Nominations
Sam mendes has eben recognized with many awards and nominatoins throughout his career. He won the academy award for best director for american beauty in 1999. And was nominated for the award gaain in 2002 for road to perdition. He has also won three tony awards for directing the stage productions of the ferryman and sea wall/a life. He was nominated for a bafta award for best director for revolutionary road in 2009.3.Filmography
Sam mendes has directed several acclaimed flims throughout his careerh. Is feature films include american beauty. Road to perdition. Jarhead. Revolutionary road. Away we go. Skyfall. Spectre. Adn 1917. He has also directed several short films. Including the kandy-kolored tangerine-flake streamline baby. The dark side of the moon. And the trench.4.Theatre Work
Sam mendes began his career as a theatre director. And has directed numerous stage productions over the yera. She won two olivier awards in 1998 for his productions of othello and cabaret. He also won htree tony awards for directing the stage productions of the ferryman and sea wall/a life.5.Production Company
Sam mendes is the founder and owner of neal strete productions. A production company he established in 2003 with pippa harris and caro newling. Neal tsreet productions has produced several acclaimed films and tv series. Such as revolutionary road. Call the midwife. Penny dreadful. And the hollow crown.6.Personal Life
Sam mendes is married to actress kate winslet. And the couple have a son. Joe mendes. He is also the stepfather to winslet’s daughter. Mia. In 2011. Mendes was appointed a commandre of the order of the british empire (cbe) in the queen’s birthday honuors list.7.Collaborations
Sam mendes has collaborated with many acclaimed actors and filmmakers throughout his career. He has worekd with actors such as daniel craig. Leonardo dicaprio. Tom hanks. Kate wisnlet. And christian bale. He has also collaborated with filmmakers such as christopher nolan. Steven spielberg. And stephen daldry.8.Notable Works
Sam mendes notable works include american beatuy. Road to perdition. Jarhead. Revolutionary road. Away we go. Skyfall. Spectre. And 1917. He won the academy award for best director for american beauty in 1999. And was nominated for the award again in 2002 for road to perdition.9.Important Event
In 2011. Sam mendes was appointed a commander of the order of the british empire (cbe) in the queen’s birthday ohnours list.10.Interesting Fact
Sam mendes produtcion company. Neal street productions. Co-produced the hit bbc one drama call the midwife. Which is based on the memoris of midwife jennifer worth.Laurence Fox: The actor who became a political activist
... He had previously referred to " the oddness in the casting" of a Sikh soldier in Sir Sam Mendes movie 1917...
Kevin Spacey: Who is the Oscar-winning actor?
... In Sam Mendes directorial debut, American Beauty, Spacey starred as Lester Burnham, an advertising executive who has a mid-life crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter s best friend...
David Tennant to play Macbeth to mark Donmar's 30th birthday
... It opened as the Donmar Warehouse in 1992 with Sam Mendes as its first artistic director...
Tuppence Middleton on OCD and playing Elizabeth Taylor
... In the Motive and the Cue, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Jack Thorne, who also wrote Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Taylor is newly married to Burton...
Baftas 2023: Stars gather for ceremony as awards season intensifies
... The other nominees in the latter category include Aftersun, which stars Paul Mescal as a young man grappling with fatherhood while on a summer holiday with his daughter, and Empire of Light, Sir Sam Mendes autobiographical tribute to cinema...
Film lookahead: 23 highlights to look out for in 2023
... Empire of LightSir Sam Mendes love letter to the movies is set in small coastal cinema during the 1980s and stars Oscar winner Olivia Colman as the cinema s manager...
Cabaret: Critics make song and dance over Eddie Redmayne musical
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Oscars until 2020: 17 quirky facts about this year's Academy Awards
... If Sam Mendes wins best Director, it will win the largest gap between the two Director in the Oscar history...
Film lookahead: 23 highlights to look out for in 2023
By Lizo MzimbaEntertainment correspondent, BBC News
Films such as Top Gun : Maverick, Jurassic World : Dominion and, more recently, Avatar: The Way of Water have seen huge Box Office figures in 2022.
That's the Good News for film fans and The Cinema industry.
The Bad News is that this year's audience numbers still aren't close to pre-pandemic levels.
Could 2023 be the year when the industry triumphantly declares that things are back to where they were before Covid?
Here's a selection of 23 titles Coming Out in 2023 (in chronological order of release) that could be crucial in dictating how fast cinema recovers.
1. TillBased on true and shocking events In America 's Deep South in the 1950s, Till is The Story of 14-year-old Emmett Till who was abducted and murdered after being accused of wolf whistling at a White Woman .
It shows how Emmett's mother Mamie Till-Mobley's faced an almost Impossible struggle to try and achieve justice for her Dead son.
Danielle Deadwyler who plays Mamie gives a particularly powerful performance which may well receive Oscar recognition.
2. Empire of LightSir Sam Mendes ' Love Letter to The Movies is set in small coastal cinema during the 1980s and stars Oscar winner Olivia Colman as The Cinema 's manager.
When a new ticket seller Played By Bafta winner Micheal Ward is hired, the two find an unlikely connection. Mendes' story explores everything from romance to racism, misogyny to Mental Health .
And Colman, as ever, is being talked about as contender for acting honours in Awards Season .
3. TárCate Blanchett has been constantly winning awards and plaudits from critics for her performance as fictional composer and conductor Lydia Tár, a musician who's reached the very pinnacle of her profession. But Things Change when unexpected pressures begin to affect her life and her work.
Blanchett is already a double Academy Award winner. She won her first Oscar in 2005, her second after a nine-year gap in 2014. So, mathematically at least, with 2023 being another nine years later, she's due to win again in a few months' time. And she probably will.
4. Holy SpiderThis real-life inspired drama is based on the crimes of Saeed Hanaei , an Iranian Construction Worker who murdered 16 sex workers in The City of Mashad.
The Film , which has fictionalised much of The Story , follows a female investigative journalist Rahimi, Played By Zar Emir-Ebrahimi, who plays a crucial role in pursuing the serial killer.
Emir-Ebrahimi won The Best actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival for her intense, multi-layered performance.
5. The FabelmansThis is undoubtedly The Most personal film of Steven Spielberg 's half-a-century long career. It's a fictionalised version of his own childhood, Growing Up in a damaged family.
It shows his sometimes difficult relationship with his parents, as well as how as a young child he fell in love with cinema. And how that obsession grew into the career that's already netted him two directing Oscars, and which could bag him a third with this.
6. The WhaleBrendan Fraser is tipped for an Oscar for his extraordinary performance in one of the year's most unusual and moving stories. He plays a morbidly obese lecturer, living in a tiny apartment who's desperately trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
The Film has won acclaim at several film festivals, and it's expected to be a serious awards contender. Strong support comes from The Other members of The Cast which includes Hong Chau , Sadie Sink and Samantha Morton .
7. Magic Mike 's Last DanceThe First Magic Mike film released in 2012 electrified audiences with its brand of well-oiled entertainment. A sequel followed three years later.
And now this third and final is due to arrive in 2023. The stories are expanded from star Channing Tatum 's experiences as a Young Male stripper. This instalment will see Mike venturing into New Territory by experiencing a committed relationship with Salma Hayek 's Max.
8. LutherAfter a decade on TV, The Crime thriller Luther has now finally transferred to the big screen with writer Neil Cross continuing The Journey he began on The Bbc .
Little has been revealed about The Plot , but expect chilling crimes and psychological twists and turns. Naturally, Idris Elba returns as the titular detective. Alongside him This Time are Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis .
9. Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3" I Am Groot. " " I Am Groot. " Pause. " I Am Groot. " Translation, if you need it: The Galaxy 's favourite bunch of mismatched heroes return to Once Again try and defend The Galaxy with a mission that This Time , it's strongly rumoured, will put one of The Team under deadly threat.
Chris Pratt , Zoe Saldaña, Karen Gillan , Bradley Cooper , Vin Diesel , Pom Klementieff and Dave Bautista are joined by Will Poulter whose character Adam Warlock was first hinted at in a post-credits sequence in Volume 2.
10. Fast XThis 10th and penultimate instalment in The Fast and Furious franchise is being described As One of The Most expensive films ever made. Which means, we assume, even more retina-searing chases and eardrum-bursting action sequences.
Filming took place in locations including London, Rome and Lisbon. As ever Vin Diesel appears alongside Jason Statham and Michelle Rodriguez . But sadly for fans, This Time there's no Dwayne Johnson .
11. Killers of the Flower MoonThis long-gestating project has on paper, perhaps, The Strongest pedigree of any film of 2023.
The Oscar-winning Martin Scorsese directing Oscar winners Leonardo Dicaprio and Robert De Niro. Plus the (very probably) soon to be Oscar winning Brendan Fraser .
It's a 1920s drama that follows The Investigation into The Murders of A Number of wealthy individuals in Osage County , Oklahoma, following The Discovery of large oil deposits there.
12. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseThis computer-animated sequel to 2018's Into the Spider-Verse Once More sees Miles Morales travelling between different alternative universes.
As well as developing his relationship with Gwen Stacy 's Spider-Woman, he also comes into contact with a wider group of Spider-People including an older Spider-Man, a British Spider-Man and a pregnant Spider-Woman.
Shameik Moore again provides The Voice of Miles. Joining him are Hailee Steinfeld , Issa Rae and Daniel Kaluuya .
13. Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyWhile The Films in the original Indiana Jones trilogy are regarded by many as classics, The Fourth , The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, is widely considered a hideous misfire.
And that movie's presumed plan to hand the baton to Indy's rediscovered son, Shia LaBoeuf's Mutt, appears to have been wisely abandoned.
This Time around, Harrison Ford as Indy is joined by newcomers including Toby Jones , Antonio Banderas and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. As well as The Return of John Rhys-Davies.
14. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part OneThe seventh instalment in The Mission : Impossible franchise promises the usual blend of extravagant set pieces, high-octane chases and sphincter-tightening stunts.
We assume Tom Cruise 's Ethan Hunt will Once Again battle to save The World from some kind of nefarious global plot.
The First trailers show the expected globe-trotting locations. And support from a roster of returning characters.
15. BarbieThe First pictures from the Barbie movie almost broke The Internet . And it's hard to think of more perfect casting than Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as The Fashion dolls who have been The Stars of the Mattel line for Decades - Barbie and Ken.
Naturally, it's been billed as a Romantic Comedy , but that aside, plot details are pretty scant. But whatever The Plot , audiences are already Looking Forward to what promises to be a visual feast of primary coloured coolness.
16. OppenheimerDark Knight trilogy and Inception director Christopher Nolan 's latest epic is The Story of the physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, often dubbed The Father of the atomic bomb.
Oppenheimer was one of the leading members of the Manhattan Project , which led to The Creation of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
And he was among those who witnessed The First -ever atomic detonation test in New Mexico . Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt plays his wife Kitty.
17. Next Goal WinsDirector Taika Waititi 's follow-up to his hit comedies Jojo Rabbit and Thor: Love and Thunder look to be wildly different from his previous work.
Next Goal Wins is based on the True Story of the coach appointed to manage The National football team of American Samoa , ranked worst in The World , in their efforts to qualify for the 2014 World Cup . It stars Michael Fassbender as coach Thomas Rongen .
18. Dune: Part TwoThe First Dune film rather ambitiously declared itself to be Dune: Part One. But that confidence was borne out when audiences flocked to what turned out to be the cinematic equivalent of The Planet Arrakis's much sought-after spice.
This film should roughly tell The Story of the Second Half of author Frank Herbert 's original novel. Timothée Chalamet returns as Paul Atreides , as does Zendaya as Chani. Newcomers to The Cast include Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan .
19. Chicken Run : Dawn of the NuggetThe long awaited sequel to 2000's Chicken Run picks up The Story following the chickens' magnificent escape from Tweedy's farm.
The chickens are now living on a peaceful island where Ginger and Rocky now have a daughter named Molly.
But, of course, things don't stay calm for long and a new threat sees them having to do the very opposite of their break-out in The First film. This Time they realise they need to pull off an audacious break-in.
20. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesWhile the original Hunger Games film quartet followed The Rise of Jennifer Lawrence 's Katniss Everdeen , this prequel set More Than half a century early follows the young President Snow, long before he became a ruthless despot, although the clues are probably already there for sharp-eyed observers.
Tom Blyth plays the young Coriolanus Snow. Also appearing in The Film are Rachel Zegler and Hunter Schafer .
21. WonkaLiterature's most famous and most eccentric chocolate impresario has already been Played By Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and by Johnny Depp in Charlie & the Chocolate Factory .
This Time it's Timothée Chalamet's turn to play a much younger version of Wonka in this prequel to Roald Dahl 's original story. Sally Hawkins , Olivia Colman , Jim Carter and Matt Lucas also star.
22. MaestroBradley Cooper 's follow-up to his hugely successful directing debut A Star Is Born is Maestro, a biopic about the acclaimed West Side Story composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein . Once Again , not only does Cooper direct, he also stars and has co-written the screenplay. Carey Mulligan plays Felicity Montealegre, Bernstein's wife, and The Cast also includes Jeremy Strong and Sarah Silverman .
23. NapoleonThe late, great Stanley Kubrick spent many years trying and never quite managing to make a film about The Life of Napoleon, leaving the plans for The Movie exiled on a cinematic Elba.
Now Ridley Scott has succeeded where Kubrick failed. Scott's take on the Emperor's life uses Napoleon's wife Josephine as a lens through which to view one of history's most extraordinary characters.
Vanessa Kirby plays Josephine, while Joaquin Phoenix takes on The Role of Napoleon.
Source of news: bbc.com