Joe Wright

Biography

Joseph Wright 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).

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Awards & recognition

• ☆European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2018 · nominated
• ☆European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2013 · nominated
• ☆European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2008 · nominated
• ☆European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2006 · nominated