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.
WWI Epic ‘1917’ Entrenched At No. 19 In Deadline’s 2019 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament
deadline.comBy Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office Editor When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office.
The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV.
To get close to that mysterious end of the equation, Deadline is repeating our Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament for 2019, using data culled by seasoned and trusted sources. THE FILM 1917Universal/Amblin/New Republic After trying the one-shot technique in an extended opening action sequence in the 007 film Spectre, director Sam Mendes engaged DP Roger Deakins to shoot an entire movie that
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