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.
Jake Gyllenhall is returning to the military genre after tackling Operation Desert Storm in Sam Mendes’ 2005 flick “Jarhead” as he’ll be playing real-life serviceman Air Force Combat Control Technician Chapman, a recipient of the Medal of Honor in 2018 for his actions in a classified mission that took place in Afghanistan on March 4, 2002, that led to his death.
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