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Anthony Minghella Biography

Birth Name:Anthony Minghella

Birth Place:Ryde, United Kingdom

Profession Writer, Producer, Director, Soundtrack, Actor, Music department, Script department

Fast Facts

From 2003 to 2007, he was the Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute
His first piece that was produced was a stage adaptation of "Mobius the Stripper" by Gabriel Josipovici
Quote: "We're not particularly well integrated․ One of the curiosities can be the differences, rather than the similarities, between people walking down the street-differences in expectation and privilege, in wealth and opportunity․"
Drew from his expansive knowledge of literature to make his themes more complex, and often adapted famous novels for the screen
His films often used cultural and historical details to explore class dynamics and how they put individuals in positions they had to fight to get out of
His parents owned an ice cream factory on the Isle of Wight
Was such a big fan of Portsmouth Football Club that he had two double bedrooms in his house filled with Portsmouth memorabilia, some of which dated back to the club's 1898 founding

Awards

1991NYFCC Award-Best New Director: nominated
1991Best Film-: nominated
1992Grand Prize-: nominated
1992Critics Award-: winner
1992BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Original: winner
1992Evening Standard British Film Award-Most Promising Newcomer: winner
1992International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1992Best Film-: nominated
1992Audience Award-: winner
1992Best Screenplay-: winner
1992Critics Award-: winner
1992Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Film - Screenplay: winner
1996ACCA-Best Director: nominated
1996ACCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
1996STFC Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: winner
1997Oscar-Best Director: winner
1997Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: nominated
1997Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm): nominated
1997BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: winner
1997BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: winner
1997David Lean Award for Direction-: nominated
1997Golden Berlin Bear-Best Film: nominated
1997Critics Choice Award-Best Director: winner
1997Critics Choice Award-Best Screenplay: winner
1997DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: winner
1997Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
1997Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
1997Guild Film Award - Gold-Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film): winner
1997OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: winner
1997OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
1997Golden Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: winner
1997Golden Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
1997SEFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
1997USC Scripter Award-: winner
1997WGA Award (Screen)-Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: nominated
1998ASECAN Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
1998Czech Lion-Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film): nominated
1998César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
1998Empire Award-Best British Director: winner
1998Goya-Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): nominated
1998ALFS Award-British Director of the Year: winner
1998Mainichi Film Concours-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
1999ACCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
1999BSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
1999NBR Award-Best Director: winner
2000Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: nominated
2000BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
2000David Lean Award for Direction-: nominated
2000Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
2000Edgar-Best Motion Picture: nominated
2000Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
2000Sierra Award-Best Director: nominated
2000Sierra Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2000OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: winner
2000OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
2000OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2000SFFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
2000Golden Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
2000Golden Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2000USC Scripter Award-: nominated
2000WGA Award (Screen)-Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: nominated
2001ALFS Award-British Screenwriter of the Year: nominated
2002Christopher Award-Film: winner
2003ACCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2003NBR Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
2004Movies for Grownups Award-Best Screenwriter: nominated
2004BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
2004David Lean Award for Direction-: nominated
2004Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
2004DGGB Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in International Film: nominated
2004Empire Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Gold Derby Film Award-Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2004Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
2004Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
2004ICS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2004INOCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2004ALFS Award-British Director of the Year: nominated
2004Golden Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2004USC Scripter Award-: nominated
2004WGA Award (Screen)-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2009Oscar-Best Motion Picture of the Year: nominated
2009BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2009BAFTA Film Award-Best Short Film: nominated
2009European Film Award-European Film: nominated
2017Felix-Best Director: nominated
2017Felix-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated