Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English film and stage director, producer and screenwriter. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret (1994), Oliver! (1994), Company (1995), and Gypsy (2003). He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013).
For directing the play The Ferryman, Mendes was awarded the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019.
All four members of the The Beatles are getting biopics
thefader.comAll four members of The Beatles will get their own standalone biopic as part of an ambitious series of movies from director Sam Mendes.
News of the first fully licensed Beatles films depicting the lives of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and George Harrison was announced by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Neal Street Productions.
The movies are due for release in 2027. A press release notes that each of the four biopics will intersect as they chart "the astonishing story of the greatest band in history,” leading up to their split in 1970.
Sony Pictures Entertainment added that the release strategy will be "innovative and groundbreaking," though no further details were provided.
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