Roland Joffé

Biography

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.

Known For

Le Grand Échiquier

Ennio

I Am Patrick Swayze

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game

Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé

The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson

All Movies (6)

• Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé2022 · as Self
• Ennio2022 · as Self
• I Am Patrick Swayze2019 · as Self
• Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game2014 · as Self - Producer
• The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson1999 · as Self
• Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy1989 · as Self

All TV Shows (1)

• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self