Sam Mendes
British stage and film director (born 1965)
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- Ranked #15 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".
- Has a home in Cotswolds, England.
- He was awarded the 1989 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Most Promising Newcomer as Director of Minerva Studio in Chichester, England.
- Ranked #91 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List.
- Sam married English actress Kate Winslet in the West Indies in May 2003.
- He was awarded the 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Director of 2002 for Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya in repertory company at the Donmar Warehouse in London.
- Stepfather of Kate Winslet's daughter Mia
- He was awarded the 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award: Special for his services and contributions as Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse for the past ten years.
- He was awarded the 2002 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director for Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night performed at the Donmar Warehouse.
- Dated Jane Horrocks. (1992 - 1995)
- He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1996 (1995 season) for Best Director for both Company and The Glass Menagerie at the Donmar Warehouse.
- Resides in both New York City and London, England.
- In 2000 he won his first Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for his production of The Real Thing
- Son, Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes, was born on December 22, 2003, in New York, and weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Director (Musical), along with collaborator Rob Marshall, for a revival of "Cabaret."
- He was nominated for Best Director at the 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards for the 1998 production of The Blue Room.
- Childhood friend of Tom Hollander.
- He was awarded the 1995 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre) for Best Director for The Glass Menagerie.
- In 1999 he was Nominated for a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for Electra
- He is of Portuguese descent. His grandparents were both Portuguese.
- Taught cricket (his passion) at Summer Fields School, Oxford, UK after leaving school for a year.
- Is a big cricket fan and is said to have incorporated the ideas of former England cricket captain Mike Brearly in his direction.
- Was born in the same hospital as his wife, Kate Winslet.
- He was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Director of the 1997 season for Othello at the Royal National Theatre.