Sam Mendes
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About me:
....About Sam Mendes..
Mendes was born in Reading, Berkshire, England to Jameson Peter Mendes, a university professor, and Valerie Helene Barnett, an author of children's books. His father is from Trinidad's ethnic Portuguese community, and his mother an English Jew. His grandfather is the Trinidad writer Alfred Mendes. He attended Magdalen College School in Oxford and graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1987 (B.A.).
Mendes first attracted attention for his production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard in the West End starring Judi Dench before he was twenty-five years old. Soon he was directing plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company where his productions, many of them featuring Simon Russell Beale, included Troilus and Cressida, Richard III and The Tempest.
He has also worked at the Royal National Theatre, directing Edward Bond's The Sea, Jim Cartwright's The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party, and Othello with Simon Russell Beale as Iago.
Sam is currently married to British actress Kate Winslet, with whom he has a five year old child with. He resides in New York City, going back and forth from England where he and Kate also own a home.
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- Status: Married
- Here for: Friends
- Hometown: Reading, UK
- Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
- Zodiac Sign: Leo
- Children: Proud parent
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..The works of Sam Mendes..
Mendes made his directorial debut with the box office/critically acclaimed film American Beauty*, starring Kevin Spacey. The film grossed US$356.3 million worldwide and had a 2373% ROI. The film won the Golden Globe Award, the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Picture. Mendes won a Director's Guild of America Award, a Golden Globe Award, and the Academy Award for directing American Beauty.
Mendes' second film, in 2002, was Road to Perdition, which grossed US$181 million. The aggregate review score on Rotten Tomatoes was 82%; critics praised Paul Newman for his performance. The film was nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor, and won one for Best Cinematography.
In 2005, Mendes directed the war film Jarhead. The film received mixed reviews, receiving a Rotten Tomatoes aggregate of 60%, and a gross revenue of US$96.9 million worldwide. The film focused on the boredom and other psychological challenges of wartime, instead of being a traditional combat-action film.
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In 2008, Mendes directed Revolutionary Road, starring his wife Kate Winslet, along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kathy Bates. In a January 2009 interview, Mendes opened up about directing his wife for the first time: “I would open my eyes in the morning and there Kate would be, going, ‘Great! You’re awake! Now let’s talk about the second scene, ”
Mendes is in post-production on a comedy called Away We Go, about a couple searching across North America for the perfect community in which to settle down and start a family. The film stars John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph.
Mendes is also starting pre-production on a film adaptation of the acclaimed 1971 Tony-winning Broadway musical Follies and has announced his intentions to film an adaptation of the novel Middlemarch in the near future.
According to ComingSoon.net, Columbia Pictures has purchased the rights to The Preacher graphic novel series and have hired Sam Mendes to direct it.