Sam Mendes
British stage and film director
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| 2024 | Set to direct 'The Hills of California' in the West End. |
| 2024 | Co-creator of 'The Franchise' television series and directed its first episode |
| 2024 | Set to direct 'The Hills of California' in the West End. |
| 2024 | Co-creator of 'The Franchise' television series and directed its first episode |
| February 2024 | Announced plans to produce and direct four separate feature films about the Beatles, to be released in 2027, with full cooperation from the band members and their families. |
| February 2024 | Announced plans to produce and direct four separate feature films about the Beatles, to be released in 2027, with full cooperation from the band members and their families. |
| 2023 | Directed 'The Motive and the Cue' in the West End. |
| 2023 | Directed 'The Motive and the Cue' in the West End. |
| 2022 | Won a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for The Lehman Trilogy. |
| 2022 | Directed the romantic drama Empire of Light, starring Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward. |
| 2022 | Mendes directed Empire of Light, receiving 1 BAFTA Award nomination and 1 Golden Globe Award nomination. |
| 2022 | Mendes directed Empire of Light, receiving 1 BAFTA Award nomination and 1 Golden Globe Award nomination. |
| 2022 | Directed the romantic drama Empire of Light, starring Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward. |
| 2022 | Won a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for The Lehman Trilogy. |
| 2021 | The Lehman Trilogy resumed performances and received eight Tony Award nominations, winning five awards including Best Play and Best Director of a Play. |
| 2021 | Brought 'The Lehman Trilogy' to Broadway. |
| 2021 | Brought 'The Lehman Trilogy' to Broadway. |
| 2021 | The Lehman Trilogy resumed performances and received eight Tony Award nominations, winning five awards including Best Play and Best Director of a Play. |
| 2020 | Created and worked on 'Penny Dreadful: City of Angels' |
| 2020 | The Lehman Trilogy made a brief Broadway transfer but was stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | Created and worked on 'Penny Dreadful: City of Angels' |
| 2020 | The Lehman Trilogy made a brief Broadway transfer but was stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| January 2020 | Mendes was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the New Year's Honours List for services to drama. |
| January 2020 | Mendes was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the New Year's Honours List for services to drama. |
| 2019 | The Lehman Trilogy played a season at the Park Avenue Armory in New York before returning to London's West End. |
| 2019 | Directed 'The Lehman Trilogy' in the West End. |
| 2019 | Sam Mendes directed, produced, and wrote the World War I film 1917, which was critically acclaimed for its innovative single-shot cinematography. |
| 2019 | Directed 'The Lehman Trilogy' in the West End. |
| 2019 | Sam Mendes directed, produced, and wrote the World War I film 1917, which was critically acclaimed for its innovative single-shot cinematography. |
| 2019 | The Lehman Trilogy played a season at the Park Avenue Armory in New York before returning to London's West End. |
| December 25 2019 | Released 1917, a war epic based partially on a story from his grandfather. Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director for this film. |
| December 25 2019 | Released 1917, a war epic based partially on a story from his grandfather. Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director for this film. |
| 2018 | Involved with the television series 'Informer' |
| 2018 | Brought 'The Ferryman' to Broadway. |
| 2018 | Directed The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini in an English adaptation by Ben Power at the National Theatre, London, starring Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Ben Miles. |
| 2018 | Brought 'The Ferryman' to Broadway. |
| 2018 | Involved with the television series 'Informer' |
| 2018 | Directed The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini in an English adaptation by Ben Power at the National Theatre, London, starring Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Ben Miles. |
| 2017 | Mendes publicly stated his opposition to Brexit, drawing parallels to pre-World War I European tensions. |
| 2017 | Worked on the television series 'Britannia' |
| 2017 | Directed Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman at the Royal Court Theatre in London, which later transferred to the West End and Broadway in 2018, winning an Olivier Award and Tony Award for Best Director. |
| 2017 | Worked on the television series 'Britannia' |
| 2017 | Mendes publicly stated his opposition to Brexit, drawing parallels to pre-World War I European tensions. |
| 2017 | Directed Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman at the Royal Court Theatre in London, which later transferred to the West End and Broadway in 2018, winning an Olivier Award and Tony Award for Best Director. |
| September 2017 | Mendes and Alison Balsom welcomed their daughter. |
| September 2017 | Mendes and Alison Balsom welcomed their daughter. |
| January 5 2017 | Mendes married British Classical musician Alison Balsom. |
| January 5 2017 | Mendes married British Classical musician Alison Balsom. |
| 2016 | Directed television films in The Hollow Crown series, including Richard III and Henry VI (Parts I and II) |
| 2016 | Directed television films in The Hollow Crown series, including Richard III and Henry VI (Parts I and II) |
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