Sam Mendes

Film director · age 61

Sam Mendes photo
Age
61
Born
August 1, 1965
Generation
Gen X
From
Reading, Berkshire, England
Nationality
British

the story

Sam Mendes is a British film and stage director who won the Academy Award for best director for his debut feature, American Beauty. He went on to direct Road to Perdition, the James Bond films Skyfall and Spectre, and the World War I epic 1917, and he spent a decade as artistic director of London's Donmar Warehouse. Born in Reading, England, he studied English at Cambridge University.

known for

Occupation
Film and stage director

education

  • University of Cambridge (English)