Biography
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes is a British filmmaker and stage director. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List. In 2000, Mendes was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg, Germany. In 2005, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain. In 2008, The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 15 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture".
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Awards & recognition
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 2020
- Knight Bachelor · 2020
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award — Best Director · 2019
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2000
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award — Best Director · 1999
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- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Directors Guild of America Award
- Golden Globe Award — Best Director
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- Society of London Theatre Special Award
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2020 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2020 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2020 · nominated
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2016 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2000 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Non-European Film · 1999 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Direction of a Musical · 1998 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · nominated
Filmography25 titles
1917
American Beauty
Penny Dreadful
Hamnet
The Hollow Crown
Toast of London
Baby Driver
Road to Perdition
Skyfall
The Kite Runner
The Sound of 007
Everything or Nothing
Revolutionary Road
Semper Fi
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Away We Go
Jarhead
Empire of Light
Spectre
Things We Lost in the Fire
The Franchise
Starter for 10
NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage
Ben Stokes: Phoenix from the Ashes
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