Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of film directors and television directors who were born in the United Kingdom, or lived and/or worked in the UK for a significant part of their career.Some Irish, American and European directors who have spent large portions of their career working in the UK are included on this list.
Mendes is the first British director and the sixth director overall, to win an Academy Award for Best Director for a debut film. 2000 Stephen Daldry: Billy Elliot: Nominated Ridley Scott Gladiator: Nominated 2001 Black Hawk Down: Nominated 2002 Stephen Daldry The Hours: Nominated 2004 Mike Leigh Vera Drake: Nominated 2006 Stephen Frears The ...
John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. Initially an exponent of social realism , he became known as a versatile and prolific director of thrillers, action, and adventure films.
The film was a critical and box office success and it was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Hopkins), Best Actress (Thompson) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Jhabvala). In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked The Remains of the Day the 64th-greatest British film of the 20th century. [3]
Emma Thompson as Charlotte, ... According to director Richard Curtis, the film, though inspired by real British pirate radio of the 1960s, is a work of historical ...
Screenwriter Leder was originally set to direct the film, but being American, was unable to obtain a British work permit in time, so Crabtree replaced him as director. [5] [6] Thompson later said that when the director showed up on the first day of shooting and looked at the script, Crabtree claimed it was not the film he had been hired to ...
Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis CBE (born 8 November 1956) is a British screenwriter, producer, director and author. [1] One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known primarily for romantic comedy films, among them Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), About Time ...
McQueen (Outstanding British Film, Best Documentary) Ray & Liz (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) Stan & Ollie (Outstanding British Film, Best Actor, Best Makeup & Hair) Widows (Best Actress) The Wife (Best Actress) They Shall Not Grow Old (Best Documentary) Three Identical Strangers (Best Documentary)