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Roland Joffé
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English and French film/television director and producer
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Roland Joffé is a male film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director born in London, England, in 1945. He holds citizenship in the United Kingdom and France and speaks both English and French. His professional work began in 1960.
Joffé has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. He is married to Jane Lapotaire, and they have a child named Rowan Joffé. He practices Judaism and his ancestral home is in France.
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Film & TV
London, England, UK
Roland Joffé (/ˈdʒɒfeɪ/; born 17 November 1945) is an English film and television director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for directing the critically acclaimed films The Killing Fields (1984) and The Mission (1986), earning him Academy Award nominations for Best Director. The latter won the Palme d'Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Joffé began his career in television, with early…
Known for
- Ennio — Self2022
- Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé — Self2022
- I Am Patrick Swayze — Self2019
- Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game — Self - Producer2014
- The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson — Self1999
- Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy — Self1989
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roland
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Spouse
- Jane Lapotaire
- Child
- Rowan Joffé
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Judaism
- Image
- RolandJoffe OffPlusCamera.JPG
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- Commons category
- Roland Joffé
- date of birth
- 1945-11-17
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- name in native language
- Roland Joffé
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Roland Joffé
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- social media followers
- 4414
- ancestral home
- France
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