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.
‘The Beast’: Lea Seydoux & George MacKay To Star In Dystopian Romance Pic From Director Bertrand Bonello
theplaylist.netThe Cannes Film Festival officially kicks off tomorrow. One of the big films to be screened there is David Cronenberg‘s body horror “Crimes of The Future,” which stars Lea Seydoux (“No Time To Die“) alongside the filmmaker’s longtime muse Viggo Mortensen.
Now, the French actress has picked up another nifty genre project on the Cannes Market. Variety reports that director Bertrand Bonello (“Saint Laurent“) is helming a dystopian sci-fi love story titled “The Beast,” that has Seydoux and George MacKay, the breakout star of Sam Mendes‘ “1917,” attached for lead roles.
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