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.
'One of the greats' Albert Finney battled disease that causes blood in pee - explainer
msn.comBAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy as well as being nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Murder on the Orient Express back in 1974 and Erin Brockovich in 2000.
Described by film director Sam Mendes as "one of the greats - a brilliant, beautiful, big-hearted, life loving delight of a man", Finney spent the last month of his life in London's Royal Marsden hospital, which specialises in cancer treatment. "Albert Finney, aged 82, passed away peacefully after a short illness with those closest to him by his side.
The family requests privacy at this sad time," a statement released from the actor's family at the time of his death read. Almost immediately dedications and well wishes from co-stars and fans spread across social media, fondly remembering the actor who had starred in James Bond film Skyfall back in 2012.
Daniel Craig - who starred in Skyfall, Finney's final film, said: "I'm deeply saddened by the news of Albert Finney's passing.
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