Director

Iain Softley

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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 1All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 1978

IMDb ID: nm0812200

Known for: Directing

Born: November 30, 1956

Age: 69

Place of birth: London, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1994 - 2023

Years active: 30

Average TMDB rating: 6.33

Wikidata: Q387412

Also known as

Iain Declan Softley

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Biography

Iain Declan Softley (born November 30, 1956) is an English film director. He was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing, where he played the part of Thomas Becket in its 1975 production of T. S. Eliot's play, Murder in the Cathedral, and Queens' College, Cambridge. His movies include the Beatles film Backbeat (1994), Hackers (1995), The Wings of the Dove (1997), K-PAX (2001), The Skeleton Key (2005) and Inkheart (2008). Softley also has been developing an adaptation of Stephen Gallagher's novel The Boat House for Dimension Films, set in the English Lake District. He previously attempted to film the book in 1999, with Milla Jovovich in the lead role of a haunted and driven Russian émigré.

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