Joe Wright
Joseph Wright (born 1971) is an English film director. His motion pictures include the literary adaptations Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Anna Karenina (2012), the romantic war drama Atonement (2007), the action thriller Hanna (2011), Peter Pan origin story Pan (2015), and Darkest Hour (2017), a political drama set during World War II.
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| Full name at birth | Joseph Wright
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| Claim to fame | Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Hanna,
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| Date of birth | 25 August 1972
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| Place of birth | London, England
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| Height | 5' 9" (175 cm)
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| High school | Anna Scher Theatre School
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| Talent agency | Independent Talent Group Ltd.
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- Trained as a filmmaker at London's St. Martins art school.
- Is Dyslexic and left school with no O-levels.
- His parents founded Islington's Little Angel Theater, a puppet theater.
- In 2007, he became the youngest director in history to have a film open the Venice Film Festival (his film Atonement was chosen to open 64th Venice International Film Festival).
- Father died when the director was only 19 years old.
Joe Wright is known for his role in the film Pan (2015) - .
He is also known for his role in the TV special The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) as Audience Member.
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