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Roland Joffé

Director • Born 1945

Roland Joffé

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About

Roland Joffé (/ˈdʒɒfeɪ/; born 17 November 1945) is an English film and television director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for directing the critically acclaimed films The Killing Fields (1984) and The Mission (1986), earning him Academy Award nominations for Best Director. The latter won the Palme d'Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Joffé began his career in television, with early credits including episodes of Coronation Street and an adaptation of The Stars Look Down for Granada. He gained a reputation for hard-hitting political stories with the series Bill Brand and factual dramas for Play for Today. In the late 1980s, he co-founded the production company Lightmotive with Ben Myron. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roland Joffé, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Coronation Street posterCoronation StreetSeries • 1960Play for Today posterPlay for TodaySeries • 1970Crown Court posterCrown CourtSeries • 1972ITV Playhouse posterITV PlayhouseSeries • 1967Undressed posterUndressedSeries • 1999Texas Rising posterTexas RisingSeries • 2015The Killing Fields posterThe Killing FieldsMovie • 1984The Mission posterThe MissionMovie • 1986Super Mario Bros. posterSuper Mario Bros.Movie • 1993Fat Man and Little Boy posterFat Man and Little BoyMovie • 1989The Scarlet Letter posterThe Scarlet LetterMovie • 1995The Gray House posterThe Gray HouseSeries • 2026Vatel posterVatelMovie • 2000Captivity posterCaptivityMovie • 2007The Forgiven posterThe ForgivenMovie • 2018City of Joy posterCity of JoyMovie • 1992Goodbye Lover posterGoodbye LoverMovie • 1999The Lovers posterThe LoversMovie • 2015There Be Dragons posterThere Be DragonsMovie • 2011You and I posterYou and IMovie • 2011Swimming to Cambodia posterSwimming to CambodiaMovie • 1987