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Dec 14, 2008 · The Observer Sam Mendes. This article is more than 15 years old. How Sam became The Man. At 24, Sam Mendes directed Judi Dench in the West End, then his movie debut won five Oscars -...
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List. That same year, he was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg, Germany.
Dec 21, 2019 · The movie is inspired by the war stories of Mendes' grandfather Alfred Mendes, who enlisted as a 17-year-old and fought in World War I. Alfred Mendes became a novelist and writer — though he...
