Roland Joffé

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Roland Joffé (born November 17, 1945 in London) is an English film director who started out directing television. His early TV credits included episodes of Coronation Street. He gained a reputation for hard hitting political stories with the series Bill Brand and factual dramas for Play for Today.

His first movie The Killing Fields (1984) won him an Academy Award nomination for best director. He has worked closely with producer David Puttnam on both The Killing Fields and The Mission. In 1993 he produced and partially directed a big budget adaptation of the video game Super Mario Bros. The film struggled to make back its budget.

Joffe's paternal grandfather by adoption was the renowned sculptor Jacob Epstein. Joffe was married to the actresses Jane Lapotaire and Cherie Lunghi.

[edit] Filmography

As director:

• The Killing Fields (1984)
• The Mission (1986)
• Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
• City of Joy (1992)
• Super Mario Bros. (uncredited, 1993)
• The Scarlet Letter (1995)
• Goodbye, Lover (1999)
• Vatel (about François Vatel) (2000)

[edit] External links

• Roland Joffé at the Internet Movie Database