Joe Wright

British film director

Person · Open Library

Works: 7

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Little Dracula's First Bite
Origins of Elected Strongmen
Only your calamity
Muse Is Real
Land Sea

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Film & TV

Directing · London, England, UK

Joseph Wright (born 25 August 1972) is an English film director. He directed the period drama adaptations Pride & Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), Anna Karenina (2012), and Cyrano (2021), the action thriller Hanna (2011), the Peter Pan origin story Pan (2015), and Darkest Hour (2017). He also directed the historical drama television series Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025). Description…

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Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean — Self2026
M - Il Figlio del secolo | Il dietro le quinte — himself2025
Directors on Directors — Self2021
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self2015
HBO First Look — Self1992
Poison Ivy — Jerry Disbro1985

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Joseph Wright (born 25 August 1972) is an English filmmaker. He began his career directing music videos and television series, before making his feature directorial debut with Pride & Prejudice (2005), based on the Jane Austen novel. His subsequent works include the period drama adaptations Atonement (2007), Anna Karenina (2012), and Cyrano (2021), the action thriller Hanna (2011), the Peter Pan origin story Pan (2015), and the Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour (2017). He also directed the historical drama television series Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025).

Wright has been nominated for six BAFTA Film Awards and won Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for Pride & Prejudice. He also won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series for the BBC Television serial Charles II: The Power and the Passion (2003), and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director for Atonement.