Anthony Minghella | |
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![]() Minghella in 2004 | |
Born | Ryde, Isle of Wight, England | 6 January 1954
Died | 18 March 2008 London, England | (aged 54)
Alma mater | University of Hull |
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Years active | 1975–2008 |
Spouses | Yvonne Miller (divorced)Carolyn Choa (m. 1985) |
Children | 2, including Max |
Relatives | Dominic Minghella (brother) |
Anthony Minghella, CBE (6 January 1954 – 18 March 2008) was a British film director, playwright, and screenwriter. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. He directed Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), The English Patient (1996), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and Cold Mountain (2003), and produced Iris (2001).
He received the Academy Award for Best Director for The English Patient (1996). In addition, he received three more Academy Award nominations; he was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for both The English Patient and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and was posthumously nominated for Best Picture for The Reader (2008), as a producer.
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