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.
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Sam Mendes is teaming up with Audible on a series of audio drama adaptations of Charles Dickens stories.
1917 and Skyfall director Mendes will serve exec producer on the three adaptations, which will feature an “all-star British cast”.
The first installment in the collection will be a reimagining of Oliver Twist, released on Audible in November 2022, with a further two titles to follow in 2023.
The series is being recorded in Audible’s studio in central London, which is close to some of the locations described in Oliver Twist.
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