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Sam Mendes

British stage and film director · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Born 1965 · age 61

Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes is a British filmmaker and stage director. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List. In 2000, Mendes was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg, Germany.

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2024The FranchiseSeries, Director, ProducerNational Theatre Live: The Motive and the CueFilm, 2024Director2022Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSeriesBen Stokes: Phoenix from the AshesFilm, 2022Creator, Producer2020BAFTA Award for Best DirectionAwardKnight BachelorAwardPenny Dreadful: City of AngelsSeries, 2020Producer2019Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best DirectorAward1917Film, 2019Director, Writer2017Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film EditingFilm2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSeriesSpectreFilm, 2015Director2014Penny DreadfulSeries, Producer2012The Hollow CrownSeries, ProducerEverything or NothingFilm, 20122010A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad HallFilm2008Revolutionary RoadFilm, Director, Producer2006"Jarhead" DiariesFilm2005UnscriptedSeries, Sam MendesJarheadFilm, 2005Director2000Academy Award for Best DirectorAwardAmerican Beauty: Look Closer...Film, 20001999Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best DirectorAwardAmerican BeautyFilm, 1999Director1993CabaretFilm, Director1991In My DefenceSeries, Director1978The South Bank ShowSeries1965Born1 August 1965

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Known for

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  • 1917 2019
  • American Beauty 1999
  • Hamnet 2025
  • Road to Perdition 2002
  • The Sound of 007 2022

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Filmography 40

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Television 12

Media & music

Awards

Knight Bachelor2020
BAFTA Award for Best Direction2020
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director2019
Academy Award for Best Director2000
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director1999
Laurence Olivier Awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Directors Guild of America Award
Golden Globe Award for Best Director
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
Society of London Theatre Special Award

About this person

In 2005, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain. In 2008, The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 15 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture".

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1965 · age 61

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Johnny FlynnAlso in National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue (2024)David DuchovnyAlso in Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)Werner HerzogAlso in The End (2024)Jennifer Jason LeighAlso in Road to Perdition (2002)