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Sam Mendes

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Also known as Samuel Alexander "Sam" Mendes, Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes

British stage and film director (born 1965)

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Sam Mendes is a British theatrical, film, and television director and producer. Born Samuel Alexander Mendes in Reading, Berkshire, England, in 1965, he is a citizen of the United Kingdom. He studied at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, and began his professional work period in 1993. Mendes resides in Dorset and speaks English.

His career has been recognized with several major honors, including the Academy Award for Best Director, a Directors Guild of America Award, Laurence Olivier Awards, and the Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He has also received nominations for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and European Film Awards. Among his notable works are *American Beauty* and *Skyfall*.

Mendes has been married to Kate Winslet and Alison Balsom, and he has two children, one of whom is Joe Anders.

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  • Anderson and Low
  • American beauty
  • Skyfall

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Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

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…

Known for

  • Ben Stokes: Phoenix from the Ashes — Self2022
  • The Sound of 007 — Self2022
  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022
  • Allied Forces: Making 1917 — Self2020
  • Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing — Self2017
  • Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage — Self2016
  • Tom Hanks: A League of His Own — Self2016
  • The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest2015
  • NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage — Self2014
  • Toast of London — Sam Mendes2013

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Alexander
Family name
Mendes
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Reading
Spouse
Alison Balsom
Child
Joe Anders
Occupation
director
Languages spoken
English language
Award
BAFTA Award for Best Direction
Image
Sam Mendes in 2022 (cropped).jpg
Number of children
2
Residence
Dorset
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Sam Mendes
date of birth
1965-08-01
nominated for
Academy Award for Best Picture
name in native language
Sam Mendes
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Category:Films produced by Sam Mendes
start of work period
1993-00-00
nickname
Sam
birth name
Samuel Alexander Mendes
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Template:Sam Mendes
member of
Writers Guild of America West
influenced by
Paul Thomas Anderson
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Museum of Modern Art
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Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) 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. 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 Reading to a Trinidadian Catholic father and an English Jewish mother, Mendes grew up in North London. He read English at Peterhouse at Cambridge University, and began directing plays there before joining Donmar Warehouse, which became a centre of 1990s London theatre culture. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret (1993), Oliver! (1994), Company (1995), and Gypsy (2003).

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