Roland Joffé
- Directing
- November 17, 1945 · London, England, UK
Biography
Roland Joffé (/ˈdʒɒfeɪ/; born 17 November 1945) is an English film and television director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for directing the critically acclaimed films The Killing Fields (1984) and The Mission (1986), earning him Academy Award nominations for Best Director. The latter won the Palme d'Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Joffé began his career in television, with early credits including episodes of Coronation Street and an adaptation of The Stars Look Down for Granada. He gained a reputation for hard-hitting political stories with the series Bill Brand and factual dramas for Play for Today. In the late 1980s, he co-founded the production company Lightmotive with Ben Myron. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roland Joffé, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- November 1963 · Director
- The Gray House · Director, Creator
- Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé · Self
- Ennio · Self
- Blood on the Crown · Executive producer
- I Am Patrick Swayze · Self
- A Lover Scorned · Director
- The Forgiven · Director, Writer
- Sun Records · Director
- Texas Rising · Director, Creator
- The Lovers · Director, Writer
- Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game · Self
- There Be Dragons · Director, Screenplay
- You and I · Director
- Captivity · Director
- Vatel · Producer, Director
- The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson · Self
- Undressed · Director
- Goodbye Lover · Director
- The Scarlet Letter · Director, Producer
- Super Mario Bros. · Producer
- City of Joy · Director, Producer
- A Taste of Freedom · Producer
- Fat Man and Little Boy · Screenplay, Director
- Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy · Self
- Swimming to Cambodia · Thanks
- The Mission · Director
- The Killing Fields · Director
- United Kingdom · Director
- 'Tis Pity She's a Whore · Director
- No Mama No · Director
- The Legion Hall Bombing · Director
- The Spongers · Director
- Twelve Off the Belt · Director
- Headmaster · Director
- Bill Brand · Director
- The Stars Look Down · Director
- Second City Firsts · Director
- Sam · Director
- Crown Court · Director
- Le Grand Échiquier · Self
- Play for Today · Director
- ITV Playhouse · Director
- Coronation Street · Director
- L'Inverno · Director