Joe Wright


Director

Biography

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"

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