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Anthony Minghella

British film director, playwright and screenwriter (1954-2008)

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Anthony Minghella was a British filmmaker and writer who directed acclaimed movies like "The English Patient" and "Cold Mountain" between the 1990s and 2000s. He matters because his work earned major awards and critical recognition, establishing him as an important figure in contemporary cinema before his death in 2008.

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Born: 1954-01-06
Died: 2008-03-18
Works: 26

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Directing · Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, UK

Anthony Minghella, CBE (6 January 1954 – 18 March 2008) was an English film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The English Patient (1996), which also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Description above from…

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Atonement — Interviewer2007
In Rehearsal: A New Butterfly for the Met2006
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing — Self2004
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film — Self - Director ("Play")2003
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories — Self

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Anthony Minghella (6 January 1954 – 18 March 2008) was a British playwright and filmmaker. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. He directed Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), The English Patient (1996), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and Cold Mountain (2003), and produced Iris (2001).

He received the Academy Award for Best Director for The English Patient. In addition, he received three more Academy Award nominations; he was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for both The English Patient and The Talented Mr. Ripley, and was posthumously nominated for Best Picture for The Reader (2008), as a producer.