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Anthony Minghella Biography

Birth Place:
Ryde, Isle of Wight, England
Profession
Director, producer, screenwriter

Fast Facts

  • Family owns a well-known ice cream shop on the Isle of Wight
  • Wrote his first play in 1981, the well-received Whale Music, and went on to pen the politically charged Made in Bangkok, which won Best Play from the London Critics' Circle for its West End production
  • Made his feature-film directorial debut with the 1991 supernatural romance Truly Madly Deeply, for which he won a Best Original Screenplay BAFTA
  • His breakthrough movie, 1995's The English Patient, was nominated for 12 Oscars and won nine, including Best Director and Best Picture
  • Collaborated with his wife, prominent choreographer Carolyn Choa, on a 2006 production of Madame Butterfly at New York City's Metropolitan Opera

Awards

  • 2009BAFTA Film Awards-Best Film: nominated
  • 2009BAFTA Film Awards-Best Short Film: nominated
  • 2008Oscar-Best Motion Picture of the Year: nominated
  • 2004Writers Guild Awards-Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2004BAFTA Film Awards-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2004BAFTA Film Awards-The Alexander Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the Year: nominated
  • 2004BAFTA Film Awards-The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction: nominated
  • 2004Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2004Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2003National Board of Review-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
  • 2000BAFTA Film Awards-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2000Writers Guild Awards-Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2000BAFTA Film Awards-The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction: nominated
  • 2000Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1999Oscar-Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay): nominated
  • 1999National Board of Review-Best Director: winner
  • 1998César Awards-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 1997BAFTA Film Awards-Best Film: winner
  • 1997Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1997Writers Guild Awards-Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 1997Critics' Choice Awards-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1997Critics' Choice Awards-Best Director: winner
  • 1997BAFTA Film Awards-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
  • 1997BAFTA Film Awards-The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction: nominated
  • 1997Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1996Directors Guild of America Awards-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film: winner
  • 1996Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: winner
  • 1996Oscar-Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay): nominated
  • 1992BAFTA Film Awards-Best Original Screenplay: winner

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