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Roland Joffé

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Roland Joffé (/ˈdʒɒfeɪ/; born 17 November 1945) is an English film and television director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for directing the critically acclaimed films The Killing Fields (1984) and The Mission (1986), earning him Academy Award nominations for Best Director. The latter won the Palme d'Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Joffé began his career in television, with early credits including episodes of Coronation Street and an adaptation of The Stars Look Down for Granada. He gained a reputation for hard-hitting political stories with the series Bill Brand and factual dramas for Play for Today. In the late 1980s, he co-founded the production company Lightmotive with Ben Myron. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roland Joffé, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

London, England, UK on 17th November 1945

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Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Ennio Image
Ennio
Self
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I Am Patrick Swayze
Self
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé Image
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
Self
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Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
Self - Producer
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The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
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Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy
Himself