Happy Birthday, Anthony Minghella! Born today in 1954, this British playwright, screenwriter and film director was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007.
In 1997, Minghella won an Oscar for Best Director for the 1996 American romantic war drama film 'The English Patient' at the 69th Academy Awards in late March.
The film was based off of Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor and filmmaker Michael Ondaatje's 1992 eponymous war story historiographic metafiction novel.
Minghella had been active from 1981–2008.
In 1997, Minghella won an Oscar for Best Director for the 1996 American romantic war drama film 'The English Patient' at the 69th Academy Awards in late March.
The film was based off of Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor and filmmaker Michael Ondaatje's 1992 eponymous war story historiographic metafiction novel.
Minghella had been active from 1981–2008.
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