Joe Wright
About
Biography
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Producer (Feature Film)
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Director (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1997
Directed first short "Crocodile Snap," about a woman's bid to escape her violent husband
2000
Made miniseries directorial debut with "Nature Boy" (BBC)
2003
Helmed the BBC drama "Charles II: The Power & the Passion" (aired in the U.S. on A&E as "The Last King")
2005
Made feature directorial debut with "Pride and Prejudice," an adaptation of the Jane Austen classic; starred Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director
2007
Re-teamed with Knightley to direct an adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel "Atonement"
2009
Directed "The Soloist," a film about musical prodigy Nathaniel Ayers, who developed schizophrenia in his second year at Juilliard and ended up homeless on the streets of L.A.
2011
Directed the thriller "Hanna," starring Saoirse Ronan as an assassin trained by her ex-CIA agent father (Eric Bana)
2012
Third film with Keira Knightley, the film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina"