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.
Taika Waititi to direct new Star Wars film
hollywood.comJojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi has been given the job of bringing the latest Star Wars spin-off to the big screen.
The Thor: Ragnarok filmmaker, who directed an episode of The Mandalorian, will co-write the new movie with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who collaborated with Sam Mendes on the screenplay for 1917.
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