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Sam Mendes
British stage and film director (born 1965).
The record
Sam Mendes is a British stage and film director. Born on 1 August 1965 in Reading, Mendes is 61.
Mendes studied at Peterhouse and University of Cambridge. Honours include Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Director and Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, among 11 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 63 languages, Sam Mendes is No. 1,610 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 1 August 1965, Reading (age 61)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Known as
- Theatre director, film director, television director
- Nickname
- Sam
- Field
- Cinema
- Education
- Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
- Languages
- English
- Children
- 2
- Wikipedia editions
- 63
Did you know
1 Aug
Shares a birthday with Herman Melville and Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck.
23
One of 23 people in the Index born in Reading, with Kate Winslet.
63
Has a Wikipedia article in 63 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Connections
Sam Mendes
- MotherValerie Mendes
- SpouseAlison Balsom
Honours and works
Awards
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director1999
- Academy Award for Best Director2000
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director2019
- Knight Bachelor2020
- BAFTA Award for Best Direction2020
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Directors Guild of America Award
- Golden Globe Award for Best Director
- National Board of Review Award for Best Film
- Society of London Theatre Special Award
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- Wikidata Q223233 (facts, CC0)
- Wikimedia pageviews API (popularity)