Sam Mendes
British stage and film director
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| 2024 | Directed 'The Hills of California' in the West End and brought the production to Broadway, demonstrating continued theatrical leadership. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| September 2017 | Mendes and Alison Balsom welcomed their daughter. |
| 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) |
| October 2015 | Released Spectre, the James Bond film he directed. |
| 2014 | Began involvement with the television series 'Penny Dreadful', which continued until 2016 |
| 2014 | Directed Simon Russell Beale in King Lear at the National Theatre, London. |
| 2014 | Directed Broadway revival of 'Cabaret' and 'King Lear' in the West End. |
| 2014 | Mendes gave an interview revealing his personal approach to directing, explaining how he connects his films to personal experiences such as adolescence, childhood, and middle-age mortality. |
| 2013 | Directed his first original West End stage musical, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. |
| July 11 2013 | Announced as director of the 24th James Bond film, Spectre, becoming the first filmmaker since John Glen to direct two Bond films consecutively. |
| 2012 | Sam Mendes involved in multiple television productions including 'Call the Midwife' and Shakespeare adaptations: Richard II, Henry IV (Parts I and II), and Henry V as television films |
| 2012 | Served as executive producer for the film Blood |
| 2012 | Sam Mendes participated in the Sight & Sound film polls, selecting ten of his favorite films of all time as part of the prestigious decennial film survey. |
| 2012 | Sam Mendes directed Skyfall, winning multiple prestigious awards including 5 Academy Award nominations, 8 BAFTA Award nominations, and 1 Golden Globe Award. |
| October 26 2012 | Released Skyfall, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of Bond films and became the 14th film to gross over $1 billion worldwide. |
| 2011 | Directed 'Richard III' in the West End. |
| 2010 | Worked as executive producer for the documentary Out of the Ashes |
| 2010 | Returned to direct 'The Tempest' in the West End. |
| March 2010 | Mendes gained a stepson from his partner Alison Balsom's previous relationship with conductor Edward Gardner. |
| January 5 2010 | Was announced to direct the 23rd Eon Productions James Bond film, Skyfall. |
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