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Anthony Minghella
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British film director, playwright and screenwriter (1954-2008)
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Anthony Minghella was a British screenwriter, playwright, film director, and film producer. Born in Ryde in 1954, he began his work period in 1981 and continued until 2008. He was educated at the University of Hull and spoke English and German. He was a member of the Writers Guild of America West.
Minghella received the Laurence Olivier Awards, the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, and the Academy Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture, as well as the European Film Award for Best Film. His notable works include *Shirat ha-liṿyatan*, *Living with Dinosaurs*, *Getting Away with Murder*, *The Jim Henson Novel Slipcase Box Set*, and *Breaking and Entering*.
He died in Hammersmith in 2008 from natural causes. He was the father of Max Minghella.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 26
Top works
- Shirat ha-liṿyatan
- Living with Dinosaurs
- Getting Away with Murder
- The Jim Henson Novel Slipcase Box Set
- Breaking and Entering
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- 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 — Self2002
- Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' — Self2000
- Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' — Self2000
- Welcome to Hollywood — Anthony Minghella2000
- The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack — Self1999
- The Directors — Self1999
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ryde
- Place of death
- Hammersmith
- Child
- Max Minghella
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1954-01-06
- date of death
- 2008-03-18
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Film
- name in native language
- Anthony Minghella
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Anthony Minghella
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
- Commons category
- Anthony Minghella
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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