- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 1, 1965
- Place of Birth
- Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Sam Mendes
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) 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 Year Honours List. In 2000, Mendes was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg, Germany. 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". Born in Berkshire to a Trinidadian Catholic father and an English Jewish mother, Mendes grew up in North London. He read English at Peterhouse at Cambridge University. He began directing plays there before joining Donmar Warehouse, a centre of 1990s London theatre culture. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals …
Filmography
movieThe Beatles: Paul
2028 · Director, Producer
movieThe Beatles: George
2028 · Director, Producer
movieThe Beatles: John
2028 · Director, Producer
movieThe Beatles: Ringo
2028 · Director, Producer
movieHamnet
2025 · Producer
movieWhat They Found
2025 · Director
movieThe End
2024 · Executive Producer
tvThe Franchise
2024 · Executive Producer, Director
movieNational Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
2024 · Director
movieEmpire of Light
2022 · Producer, Director, Writer
movieThe Sound of 007
2022 · Self
tvSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
movieBen Stokes: Phoenix from the Ashes
2022 · Self, Creator, Executive Producer
tvPenny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020 · Executive Producer
movieAllied Forces: Making 1917
2020 · Self
movie1917
2019 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieNational Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy
2019 · Director, Stage Director
movieBaby Driver
2017 · Thanks
movieJill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
2017 · Self
movieJudi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016 · Self
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
movieTom Hanks: A League of His Own
2016 · Self
movieSpectre
2015 · Director
tvThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
movieNOW: In the Wings on a World Stage
2014 · Self
tvPenny Dreadful
2014 · Executive Producer
movieNational Theatre Live: King Lear
2014 · Stage Director
tvToast of London
2013 · Sam Mendes
movieSkyfall
2012 · Director
movieEverything or Nothing
2012 · Self
tvThe Hollow Crown
2012 · Executive Producer
movieOut of the Ashes
2010 · Executive Producer
movieA Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
2010 · Self
movieAway We Go
2009 · Director
movieRevolutionary Road
2008 · Director, Producer
movieThe Kite Runner
2007 · Executive Producer
movieThings We Lost in the Fire
2007 · Producer
movieStarter for 10
2006 · Executive Producer
movie"Jarhead" Diaries
2006 · Self
movieSemper Fi: Life After the Corps
2006 · Self
movieJarhead: Background
2006 · Self
movieWho Needs Sleep?
2006 · Self
movieJarhead
2005 · Director
tvUnscripted
2005 · Sam Mendes
movieRoad to Perdition
2002 · Director, Producer
movieAmerican Beauty: Look Closer...
2000 · Self
movieStill Tickin': The Return of 'A Clockwork Orange'
2000 · Self
movieAmerican Beauty
1999 · Director
movieCompany
1996 · Self, Director
movieCabaret
1993 · Director
tvPerformance
1991 · Self, Director
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self