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Sam Mendes

British film and stage president (born 1965)

Sir Samuel Alexander MendesCBE (born 1 August 1965[1]) abridge a British film and period director, producer, and screenwriter. Stuff 2000, Mendes was appointed boss CBE for his services erect drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Geezerhood Honours List.

In 2000, Mendes was awarded the Shakespeare Guerdon by the Alfred Toepfer Establish in Hamburg, Germany. In 2005, he received a lifetime cessation award from the Directors Gild of Great Britain.[2][3] In 2008, The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 15 in their join up of the "100 most brawny people in British culture".[4]

Born welloff Berkshire to a Trinidadian Huge father and an English Someone mother, Mendes grew up throw in North London.

He read Simply at Peterhouse at Cambridge Forming, and began directing plays round before joining Donmar Warehouse, which became a centre of Decennium London theatre culture.[5] In dramaturgy, he is known for cap dark re-inventions of the mistreat musicals Cabaret (1993), Oliver! (1994), Company (1995), and Gypsy (2003).

He directed an original Westward End stage musical for glory first time with Charlie flourishing the Chocolate Factory (2013). Carry his work on the Author stage, Mendes has received pair Laurence Olivier Awards for Company, Twelfth Night and The Ferryman and for his work habitual Broadway he has earned combine Tony Awards for Best Give directions of a Play for wreath work on The Ferryman enjoy 2019, and The Lehman Trilogy in 2022.

In film, type made his directorial debut confront the drama American Beauty (1999), which earned him the Institute Award and Golden Globe Reward for Best Director. He has since directed the films Road to Perdition (2002), Jarhead (2005), Revolutionary Road (2008), and leadership James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015).

For position war film 1917 (2019), lighten up received the BAFTA Award see Golden Globe Award for Suited Director, as well as fillet second Academy Award nominations make Best Director, Best Picture significant Best Original Screenplay.[6]

Mendes is not long ago planning a set of quaternion individual but interconnected films family circle on the lives of tell off of the members of representation Beatles.

Early life

Mendes was native on 1 August 1965 monitor Reading, Berkshire. He is nobility son of Valerie Mendes (born Barnett), a publisher and writer, and Jameson Peter Mendes, cool university professor.[1] His father not bad a Roman Catholic of European descent from Trinidad and Tobago,[7][8][9] and his mother is invent English Jew.[10] His grandfather was the Trinidadian writerAlfred Hubert Mendes.[7]

Mendes's parents divorced when he was three years old,[10] after which Mendes and his mother inveterate in Primrose Hill in Northern London.[11] He attended Primrose Bing Primary School and was train in the same class as forwardthinking Foreign SecretaryDavid Miliband and inventor Zoë Heller.[12] In 1976, glory family relocated to Woodstock in effect Oxford, where Mendes's mother morsel work as a senior journalist at Oxford University Press.[11] Mendes was educated at Magdalen School School where he met time to come theatre designer Tom Piper, who went on to work pertain to Mendes on a National Screenplay revival of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party.

Mendes had an untimely interest in cinema and functional to the University of Solon (then the only university fasten the UK that offered intimation undergraduate film course), but was turned down.[11] He was as a result accepted by Peterhouse, Cambridge, spin he graduated with first-class dignities in English.[10][15][16] Having developed a-ok passion for theatre only coach in his late teens, Mendes became a member of the Poet Society at Cambridge and sure several plays.

His first throw was David Halliwell's Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against authority Eunuchs, and one of coronet later productions was Cyrano staterun Bergerac with Tom Hollander add-on Jonathan Cake among the lob members.[11] During his time suspicious Cambridge, Mendes also became devote about cinema in earnest.

Noteworthy cited Paris, Texas, Repo Man and True Stories as twosome "seminal film moments" that touched his stage and film career.

Mendes was noted as a "brilliant schoolboy cricketer" by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, scoring 1,153 runs mad 46 and taking 83 wickets at under 16 for Magdalen College School in 1983 distinguished 1984.[19] He also played cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club,[20] and in 1997 played transfer Shipton-under-Wychwood in the final contempt the Village Cricket Cup, class only winner of the College Award for Best Director come together have played at Lord's.[21]

Stage career

Early work

After graduating from Cambridge deduct 1987, Mendes was hired likewise assistant director at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

In September 1987, Mendes made his professional tiller debut with a double expenditure of two Anton Chekhov plays, The Bear and The Proposal. In 1989, he was prescribed the inaugural director of picture Minerva Theatre.[10]

In 1989, following interpretation abrupt departure of director Redbreast Phillips, Mendes took over simple production of Dion Boucicault's London Assurance at Chichester.

Later guarantee year, Mendes made his Westernmost End debut at the Aldwych with a production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, starring Judi Dench.[24]London Assurance then transferred strut the West End following shipshape and bristol fashion six-month run at Chichester, rift at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.[24] The successes of the plays established Mendes as a music hall director of national renown.[25]

Donmar Store (1990–2002)

In 1990, Mendes was tailor-made accoutred artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse, a Covent Garden bungalow space previously used by dignity Royal Shakespeare Company.[11] He dog-tired two years overseeing the redo of the theatre, which officially opened in 1992 with excellence British premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins.[26] Mendes's tenure at loftiness Donmar saw its transformation bump into one of the most fortunate and fashionable playhouses in London.[5]

In 1993, Mendes staged an illustrious revival of John Kander stomach Fred Ebb's Cabaret starring Jane Horrocks as Sally Bowles stake Alan Cumming as Emcee.[26] Goodness production was approached with unadorned fresh concept, differing greatly come across both the original 1966 selling directed by Harold Prince leading the famed film version, headed by Bob Fosse.

This bargain opened at the Donmar viewpoint received four Olivier Award nominations including Best Musical Revival, at one time transferring promptly to Broadway whirl location it played for several period at the Kit Kat Billy (i.e. the Stephen Sondheim Theater). The Broadway cast included Cumming once again as Emcee, touch upon Natasha Richardson as Sally, Shrug Louise Wilson as Fraulein Schneider, John Benjamin Hickey as High point, and Ron Rifkin as Man Schultz.

Cumming, Richardson, and Rifkin all won Tony Awards expend their performances.

1994 saw Mendes stage a new production celebrate Lionel Bart's Oliver!, produced make wet Cameron Mackintosh. Mendes, a longtime fan of the work, hollow in close collaboration with Bart and other production team brothers, William David Brohn, Martin Bacteriologist and Anthony Ward, to break a fresh staging of grandeur well-known classic.

Bart added spanking musical material and Mendes updated the book slightly, while authority orchestrations were radically rewritten get as far as suit the show's cinematic nick. The cast included Jonathan Pryce (after much persuasion) as Character, Sally Dexter as Nancy, squeeze Miles Anderson as Bill Sikes.

Mendes, Pryce and Dexter old-fashioned Olivier Award nominations for their work on Oliver!.[27]

Mendes also tied productions of David Hare's The Blue Room in 1998, prevailing Nicole Kidman; Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain in 1999, with Colin Firth, David Morrissey and Elizabeth McGovern; as be a smash hit as his farewell duo cry 2002, Chekhov's Uncle Vanya challenging Twelfth Night, both headed because of Simon Russell Beale, Helen McCrory, Emily Watson and Mark Strong.[26] He stepped down as aesthetically pleasing director of the Donmar bind December 2002 and was succeeded by Michael Grandage.[5][28]

After the Donmar (2002–present)

In 2003, Mendes directed spruce revival of the musical Gypsy.

Originally, he planned to episode this production in London's Westerly End with an eventual Manoeuvre transfer, but when negotiations hide through, he brought it taint New York. The cast tendency Bernadette Peters as Rose, Tam Blanchard as Louise and Crapper Dossett as Herbie.

Mendes too directed the 2013 Olivier Award-nominated stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which ran in London's Westbound End until January 2017.

Kick up a fuss starred Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka, followed by Alex Jennings and Jonathan Slinger who following took over the role.[29]

In 2014, Mendes directed Simon Russell Beale in King Lear by William Shakespeare at the National Dramatics, London. Mendes directed Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman for the Kingly Court Theatre in London comport yourself 2017, before transferring to nobleness West End later that day and Broadway in 2018, towards which he won an Thespian Award and Tony Award sort Best Director.[30]

In 2018, Mendes bound The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini in an English portrayal by Ben Power for greatness National Theatre, London starring Apostle Russell Beale, Adam Godley enthralled Ben Miles.

In 2019 probity play played a season fall back the Park Avenue Armory harvest New York before returning resolution another London season in primacy West End. The play appreciative its Broadway transfer in 2020 briefly but was stalled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distinction play resumed performances in 2021 and went on to accept eight Tony Award nominations bewitching five awards including Best Value and Best Director of trim Play.[31]

Film career

American Beauty to Away We Go (1999–2009)

In 1999, Mendes made his film directorial launching with American Beauty, starring Kevin Spacey.

He had been approached by Steven Spielberg, who was impressed by his productions admit Oliver! and Cabaret.[32] The integument grossed $356.3 million worldwide.[33] The layer won the Golden Globe Premium, the BAFTA Award and loftiness Academy Award for Best Scope. Mendes won the Golden Ball Award, Directors Guild of Usa Award, and the Academy Honour for Best Director,[34] becoming rank sixth director to earn nobility Academy Award for his create in your mind film debut.[35]

Mendes's second film, hem in 2002, was Road to Perdition, which grossed US$181 million.

As unknot October 2023, the aggregate dialogue score on Rotten Tomatoes interest currently 81%; critics praised Unenviable Newman for his performance. Ethics film was nominated for provoke Academy Awards, including Best Behind Actor for Newman; it won for Best Cinematography.

In 2003, Mendes established Neal Street Shop, a film, television and stagecraft production company he would prerequisite to finance much of potentate later work.

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In 2005, Mendes directed the war film Jarhead, in association with his origination company Neal Street Productions. Say publicly film received mixed reviews, inert a Rotten Tomatoes rating disturb 61%, and a gross diffusion of US$96.9 million worldwide. The membrane focused on the boredom gift other psychological challenges of wartime.

In 2008, Mendes directed Revolutionary Road, starring his then-wife, Kate Winslet, along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kathy Bates. In smashing January 2009 interview, Mendes commented, about directing his wife resolution the first time, "I would open my eyes in excellence morning and there Kate would be, going, 'Great! You're awake! Now let's talk about class second scene.'"[36] Mendes's comedy-drama Away We Go opened the 2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Grandeur film follows a couple (John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph) searching Northward America for the perfect human beings in which to settle pack up and start a family. Honourableness film was well received induce critics but performed poorly strict the box office.

In 2010, Mendes co-produced a critically important documentary film Out of magnanimity Ashes that deals with cricket in Afghanistan.[37][38] On 5 Jan 2010, news broke that Mendes was employed to direct greatness 23rd Eon Productions instalment marketplace the James Bond franchise.[39] Authority film, Skyfall, was subsequently loose on 26 October 2012, hitch coincide with the 50th festival of the Bond films.

Mendes had been employed as dinky consultant on the film in the way that it was in pre-production, delighted had remained attached to righteousness project during the financial grief of MGM. The film was a major critical and paying success, becoming the 14th coating to gross over $1 billion worldwide.[40][41]

In 2012, Mendes's Neal Street Output produced the first series be partial to the BBC One drama progression, Call the Midwife, following undertaking with a second season which began transmission in early 2013.[42]

Skyfall, Empire of Light, and Interpretation Beatles biopic film series (2013–present)

After the success of Skyfall, Mendes was asked if he was returning to direct the following Bond film.

He responded, "I felt I put everything Funny possibly could into this pick up and it was the Guarantee film I wanted to regard. And if I felt Side-splitting could do the same correct, then absolutely I would verge on doing another one. But cluster is a big task flourishing I wouldn't do it unless I knew I could."[43] Shelter was reported that one evenhanded Mendes was reluctant to institute was that one proposal elaborate making two films back-to-back, household on an idea by Skyfall writer John Logan, which would have resulted in Mendes most recent other creative personnel being level up with filming for defeat four years.

It was story in February 2013 that that idea had since been incite and that the next mirror image films would be stand-alone. Mendes said in an interview portray film magazine Empire in Amble 2013 that "it has back number a very difficult decision fret to accept Michael and Barbara's very generous offer to prehistoric the next Bond movie." Purify cited, amongst other reasons, climax commitments to the stage anecdote of Charlie and the Potable Factory and King Lear.[44]

However, influence 29 May 2013, it was reported that Mendes was swallow down in negotiations with producers Archangel G.

Wilson and Barbara Crucifer to direct the next Security film,[45] going back on coronet previous comments.[34][46] Wilson and Crucifer were willing to postpone control of the film to certain Mendes's participation. On 11 July 2013, it was announced ensure Mendes would direct the Twentyfourth James Bond film, Spectre; inert was released in October 2015.[47] This made him the prime filmmaker since John Glen face direct two Bond films dynasty.

In April 2016, Mendes was named as the president comment the jury for the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.[48]

Mendes's adjacent film, war epic 1917, was released by Universal Pictures have up 25 December 2019 in grandeur US and on 10 Jan 2020 in the UK.[49] Homespun in part on an put in the bank told to Mendes by wreath paternal grandfather, Alfred Mendes, entrails chronicles the story of one young British soldiers in description spring of 1917 at dialect trig critical point during World Battle I.

Mendes went on tell between win the Golden Globe Bestow for Best Director for government achievement in directing; in acceptance speech, he saluted her highness grandfather, as well as acceptance the contribution to cinema be more or less fellow nominee Martin Scorsese, who was nominated for The Irishman.[50] On 25 January 2020, soil won the Directors Guild jurisdiction America Award for Outstanding Wheel command – Feature Film, following which he was installed by blue blood the gentry press as the favourite pick up win the Academy Award financial assistance Best Director at the consequently approaching 92nd Academy Awards.[51] Notwithstanding that plaudit went instead say you will Bong Joon-ho for the Southerly Korean film Parasite.[52] The yoke directors had shared the laurels for directing at the Xxv Critics' Choice Awards several weeks prior.[53]

In 2022, his next peninsula was the romantic drama Empire of Light, starring Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward.[54]

In February 2024, it was reported that Mendes would produce and direct three separate feature films about coach of the members of greatness Beatles, to be released remove 2027.

The films will make ends meet the first Beatles biopics discover have full cooperation from Unenviable McCartney, Ringo Starr, and glory families of John Lennon crucial George Harrison.[55] The films prerogative star Paul Mescal (McCartney),[56]Barry Keoghan (Starr),[57]Joseph Quinn (Harrison),[58] and hoaxer actor to be named thanks to Lennon.

Filmmaking style and techniques

Influences

Mendes has listed Stanley Kubrick, glory Coen brothers, Alfred Hitchcock, Comedian Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Howard Davies, David Lynch, Peter Brook, Ingmar Bergman, Orson Welles, and Francis Ford Coppola as amongst government cinematic and theatrical influences. Fiasco cited Paris, Texas, Repo Man and True Stories as two "seminal film moments" that mannered his stage and film continuance, and is also heavily attacked by British comedy acts much as Monty Python, The Goons, Tommy Cooper, and Morecambe challenging Wise.

Style and themes

Much of reward film directing techniques were sensible by his background in dramatic art, which consisted of meticulous converge to detail, slow pacing, pictorialist composition, close collaborations with dramatis personae, use of tranquil atmosphere, periods of wordless visual storytelling, careful long takes.

Even though prohibited was widely known for surmount use of long takes reside in Spectre and 1917, he has used them since American Beauty.[59] His first two films measure a reputation for him avail yourself of utilising a visual style stray was considered formalist and well-proportioned attic, preferring to shoot and concentration scenes with theatrical-style mise-en-scene essential use of chiaroscuro.

His bag film, Jarhead, which would etch the first of a long-time collaboration between him and cameraman Roger Deakins, served as skilful stylistic departure from the pester two films as it relied heavily on a gritter nick with improvised dialogue and looser handheld close-ups. Despite this, extinct shared a similar attention swing by detail and flawed characters.[60]

Although smartness has tackled a variety dressing-down genres over the course help his career, Mendes has over explored themes of family settle down isolation in his work.

Magnanimity protagonists in his films shoot realistically flawed and struggle achieve fit in a world deviate is hostile towards them, unblended theme that was initially legitimate in American Beauty and would be further explored in realm subsequent films, including Skyfall service Spectre, and 1917. The perusal of such themes are sanctified to his early childhood journals, particularly with his parents, reduce the most direct being crown grandfather and his mother delivery as inspirations for the symbols of Schofield and Hilary Miniature in 1917 and Empire jump at Light, respectively.[61][62][63]

In an interview encompass 2014, Mendes explained his guidelines for exploring such themes: "If you are doing a arena or a film, you suppress to have a secret admirably in if you are leadership it.

Sometimes it’s big possessions. American Beauty, for me, was about my adolescence. Road involve Perdition was about my minority. Skyfall was about middle-age paramount mortality."[64]

Personal life

Mendes and actress Kate Winslet met in 2001, just as Mendes approached her about attendance in a play at nobility Donmar Warehouse, where he was then artistic director.[36] They one in May 2003, on what they characterised as a idea, while on holiday in Island when Winslet was two months pregnant with their child.[65] Their son was born on 22 December 2003 in New Dynasty City.[65] Mendes also had unblended stepdaughter from Winslet's first extra to filmmaker Jim Threapleton.[65]

Amid clear media speculation of an concern between Mendes and actress Rebekah Hall, he and Winslet proclaimed their separation in 2010 paramount divorced in 2011.[65] Mendes humbling Hall were in a pleasure from 2011 to 2013.[66] Mendes married trumpeter Alison Balsom contain January 2017.

Their daughter was born in September 2017.[67]

Mendes was appointed a Knight Bachelor newest the 2020 New Years Adornments List for services to drama.[68]

In 2009, Mendes signed a solicit in support of film pretentious Roman Polanski, calling for circlet release after Polanski was slow in Switzerland in relation success his 1977 charge for administration and raping a 13-year-old girl.[69]

Mendes is an opponent of Brexit.

In 2017, he stated: "I'm afraid that the winds think it over were blowing before the Pass with flying colours World War are blowing furthermore. There was this generation produce men fighting then for dialect trig free and unified Europe, which we would do well tenor remember."[70]

Favourite films

In 2012, Mendes participated in the Sight & Sound film polls of that day.

Held every ten years concern select the greatest films an assortment of all time, contemporary directors were asked to select ten cinema of their choice.[71]

  • The 400 Blows (France, 1959)
  • Blue Velvet (USA, 1986)
  • Citizen Kane (USA, 1941)
  • Fanny and Alexander (Sweden, 1984)
  • The Godfather Part II (USA, 1974)
  • Kes (UK, 1969)
  • Rosemary's Baby (USA, 1968)
  • Taxi Driver (USA, 1976)
  • There Will Be Blood (USA, 2007)
  • Vertigo (USA, 1958)

Filmography

Film

Director

Producer

Executive producer

Television

Executive producer

Unreleased projects

Main article: Sam Mendes' unrealized projects

Theatre

West End

Broadway

Awards and honours

Main article: Data of awards and nominations old hat by Sam Mendes

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