The Personal Life of Sam Mendes

Sam mendes was born on August 1965 1965, and his original name was Samuel Andre Mendes. He is the only child in his family. His father is from Trinidad and his mother is of Polish and French descent. Mendes' parents divorced when he was 5 years old. He followed his mother Valerie, who published publications, to London and then moved to Oxford. His only childhood playmate was cricket.

After being promoted to Cambridge, Mendes revived the destroyed drama group. At that time, Mendes was already an experienced stage director. 1992, he noticed a support outside a familiar building in Covent Garden, so he regarded himself as the hero who saved the warehouse in Sodom. The cynical Mendes missed many film projects, including the later successful film version of Dumas.

American Beauty, filmed for DreamWorks from 65438 to 0999, is Mendes' first screen film. He had just turned 34 when he won the Oscar for Best Director. Although Mendes openly admitted his fear and disgust of Los Angeles, the United States still tried to win the boy from Reading. His sophomore film claimed to be an exploration of "America's final fantasy-the Great Depression of 1930s". Based on the comic novels of Max Allan Collins and richard pearce Lai Na, The Road to Destruction is a fascinating masterpiece. This underrated gangster movie reunited Mendes with Conrad Hall, who won an academy award for best cinematography for American Beauty.

Unlike other young directors "nouveau riche", Mendes still lived a simple life after becoming famous. The original novel of Mendes' new film The Road to Destruction is full of violence. In the introduction, the author Max Allen Collins mentioned that he was inspired by John Woo, and sam mendes gave the film a completely different feeling. When he first got the script, Mendes was faced with two choices: one was Wu Yusen's style, full of wonderful gun battles, making violence the theme of the film; On the other hand, the focus of the film is not violence, but the consequences of violence, which makes the audience feel emotionally guilty while watching the film. The wise Mendes chose the latter without hesitation. Sam mendes's modesty can't hide his talent. His directing style and works have been recognized by many directors in the industry.

When steven soderbergh founded the F-64, he urged sam mendes to join him. However, the casual Mendes did not want to be imprisoned by any principled organization and resolutely chose to quit. However, the differences in philosophy of life can not disintegrate their friendship.

Sam Mendes was born in Reading on August 1965. His father James Peter Mendes is a retired university lecturer and his mother is a children's writer. When Sam was 5 years old, his parents divorced and he lived with his mother. After graduating from Cambridge University, he joined the chichester Festival Theatre, and then he directed cherry orchard starring Judi Dench, which won him the Best Newcomer Award from the Critics Association. After joining the Royal Shakespeare Company, he directed troilus and Creasey and Richard III with Ralph Fiennes.

From 65438 to 0992, he became the artistic director of Domar Warehouse Theatre in London, directed the stage play The Glass Zoo and the new musical Caballe, and won four Tony Awards, including the best musical revival drama. In addition, he directed the stage play The Blue Room starring Nicole Kidman. From 65438 to 0999, Mendes' first feature film, American Beauty, received rave reviews and won five Oscar awards, including best film and best director, which is extremely rare for the director who directed the film for the first time.

From June 5438 to February 2008, The Road to Revolution was released, which was directed by him and starred by his wives kate winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.

According to British media reports, the 23rd James Bond film, which is expected to start shooting on 20 1 1, will be directed by the famous British director sam mendes. Not surprisingly, Sam Mendes, who is famous for making literary films, will direct an action film like 007 for the first time. Sam mendes, 44, was born in the United States, immigrated to Britain at the age of 5, and started his film career in London. He is famous overseas for his unique directing style. From 65438 to 0999, his first feature film American Beauty won five Oscars, including best film and best director.

According to British media reports, Michael G. Wilson, the producer of 007 series movies, recently contacted Britain and sam mendes to discuss some specific matters of cooperation between the two sides. Not surprisingly, Sam Mendes will be the director of the 23rd James Bond film.

The first "007" film was released on1June 5, 962, and a series of sequels have been released since then. It is reported that the 23rd James Bond film will start shooting at the beginning of 20 1 1, and daniel craig will continue to play Bond in this film. According to British media, whether Sam Mendes will let his 34-year-old wife Kate Winslet play "Bond Girl" after becoming a director will become a suspense left by the 23rd James Bond film.

2065438+In July 2005, sam mendes revealed that he would not continue to direct the series of films after 007: Ghost Party.