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Joe Wright

British film director

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Born: August 25, 1972
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Birthplace: London
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: film director
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, television director
, casting director
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Education: Central Saint Martins
, Islington Green School
, Camberwell College of Arts
Spouse: Anoushka Shankar(since 2010)
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Joseph Wright is an English filmmaker. He began his career directing music videos and television series, before making his feature directorial debut with Pride & Prejudice (2005), based on the Jane Austen novel. His subsequent works include the period drama adaptations Atonement (2007), Anna Karenina (2012), and Cyrano (2021), the action thriller Hanna (2011), the Peter Pan origin story Pan (2015), and the Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour (2017). He also directed the historical drama television series Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025).

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SSilver Bullet1985 · 1985 film by Dan Attias

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WWidow Clicquot2023 · 2023 film by Thomas Napper

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Sex or gender: male
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Given name: Joe
Family name: Wright
Name in native language: Joe Wright
Start of work period: 1997
Related category: Category:Films directed by Joe Wright category contains: film directed by this person
Nominations: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film(2018) statement is subject of: 31st European Film Awards · for work: Darkest Hour · together with: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas
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European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film(2013) statement is subject of: 26th European Film Awards · for work: Anna Karenina · together with: Tom Stoppard
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1.europeanfilmacademy.org/2013.394.0.htmlRetrieved 2020-01-24
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European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film(2008) statement is subject of: 21st European Film Awards · for work: Atonement · together with: Christopher Hampton, Ian McEwan
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1.europeanfilmacademy.org/2008.106.0.htmlRetrieved 2020-01-01
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European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film(2006) statement is subject of: 19th European Film Awards · for work: Pride & Prejudice
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1.europeanfilmacademy.org/2006.104.0.htmlRetrieved 2019-12-29
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