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January 03, 2008
Joe Wright
British Directors: Joe Wright (1972-)
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Introduction
Joe Wright in a short career has proved to be highly successful director of heritage style costume dramas based upon literary adaptations. Atonement (2007) opened the 64th Venice Film Festival making Wright the youngest director ever to have had a film opening this festival.
Wright was trained at St. Martins art school in London now Central St. Martins University of the Arts London. He has been identified as dyslexic and left school with no qualifications. His dyslexia was comensated for by an excellent ability within the field of visual communications and the strength of his painting and film making skills exceptionally won him a place in the prestigious St Martins to study fine art and film He won recognition making a short film for the BBC and directed the highly successful historical drama series Charles II: The Power and The Passion for the BBC which won the 2004 BAFTA TV award, Best Drama Serial. This helped him to get film contracts for the historical / heritage / costume drama genre films Atonement and Pride and Prejudice.
Film Availability:
The Charles II TV Series is also available:
Filmography (Feature Films)
2007: Atonement
2005: Pride and Prejudice
Webliography
Guardian interview with Joe Wright on Pride and Predjudice
Guardian video interview Joe Wright on Atonement
Independent article on Wright and Atonement summer 2007
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