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.
Bella Mackie takes a swipe at Laurence Fox in Billie Piper tweet
msn.comfor his comments about the inclusion of a Sikh soldier in the First World War film 1917 by Sir Sam Mendes.The actor had initially referred to 'the oddness in the casting' of a Sikh soldier and was met by widespread criticism by historians who confirmed that Sikhs had served in the British Army.Fox later tweeted: 'Fellow humans who are Sikhs, I am as moved by the sacrifices your relatives made as I am by the loss of all those who die in war, whatever creed or colour.'Please accept my apology for being clumsy in the way I expressed myself.' In June, in a piece for the Spectator, Fox questioned if Meghan Markle stepped down as a working royal because she did not get the 'limelight'In September 2020, Fox said that he had been 'cancelled' by.
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