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.
Real life of The Way's Michael Sheen - turning down Arsenal FC, Jack Nicholson family link and 'difficult' Kate Beckinsale split
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe highly anticipated new BBC drama The Way hits our screen this week. And with Michael Sheen as the director and co-creator of the three-parter, it is little wonder viewers have been eagerly waiting for a release date for the series.
The Welsh actor, 55, is one of the main driving forces behind The Way, which has been filmed in Port Talbot and features an all-star Welsh cast.
The series, written by James Graham, is available to watch on BBC iPlayer from today (Monday, February 19) and is said to "tell the story of an ordinary family caught up in an extraordinary chain of events that ripple out from their hometown".
It is also described as an "emotional and darkly humorous story about what it means to be faced with impossible choices". The drama has also been created by Adam Curtis and developed and executive produced by Bethan Jones.
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