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In 1999, he got the chance to direct his first feature film, American Beauty (1999). The movie earned 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Mendes, which is a rare feat for a first-time film director. More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Resume. Born August 1, 1965. Add to list. Won 1 Oscar.
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Movies Directed by Sam Mendes. by zcomics • Created 4 years ago • Modified 4 years ago. Rated from Best to Worst. List activity. 1.4K views. 3 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 8 titles. Sort by List order. 1. 1917. 2019 1h 59m R. 8.2 (678K) Rate. 78 Metascore. April 6th, 1917.
In film, he made his directorial debut with the drama American Beauty (1999), which earned him the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Director. He has since directed the films Road to Perdition (2002), Jarhead (2005), Revolutionary Road (2008), and the James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015).
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- Skyfall (2012) Skyfall is the ultimate James Bond movie, one of the best action movies of the 21st Century, and one of the standout franchise films of recent memory that actually wrestles with the notion of legacy.
- 1917 (2019) Inspired by his grandfather’s stories of heroism during World War I, 1917 is one of the most immersive war movies ever made. The “all in one shot” cinematography technique (another technical marvel from the great Roger Deakins) could have easily been a cheap gimmick, but Mendes uses the consistent momentum to keep the story centered on his characters and the beat-by-beat minutia of how they make decisions and persevere.
- American Beauty (2000) It goes without saying that there’s a difficulty in rewatching and reassessing American Beauty given the revelations about Kevin Spacey, and a film that so heavily centers around his pursuit of an underage character is uncomfortable to watch as a result.
- Road to Perdition (2002) Mendes is a filmmaker who is very specific in his depiction of cultural groups, and with his graphic novel adaptation Road to Perdition he challenged the standard notion of what a “mob movie” could be by telling an emotional story of distant fathers and sons.
Sam Mendes Filmography. by JC_Stewart89 | created - 29 Oct 2015 | updated - 8 months ago | Public. My listing for the theater director turned filmmaker focusing on a wide-range of genres from character dramas set in the American suburbs to battle-fields to high-class spy thrillers.
He has since directed the crime film Road to Perdition (2002), Jarhead (2005), the drama Revolutionary Road (2008), and the James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015).
Mendes took a huge commercial leap forward as the director of the 23rd and 24th James Bond films, "Skyfall" (2012) and "Spectre" (2015), which brought new emotional depth to the long-running...
