| Rupert Wyatt | |
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| Born | Rupert Wyatt 26 October 1972 Exeter, Devon, England |
| Occupation | film director screenwriter cinematographer film producer |
Rupert Wyatt (born 26 October 1972) is a British writer and film director.[1] His debut film was The Escapist, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008. His second film was Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011).
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Born and raised in Exeter, Devon, Wyatt was educated at Winchester College in Winchester, Hampshire.[1]
Wyatt is the founder of the film collective Picture Farm, which has produced numerous shorts, documentaries and features, including the Sundance Award-winning documentary Dark Days.[1]
He also co-wrote and directed the British prison escape thriller The Escapist (2008), starring Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Dominic Cooper, Joseph Fiennes, Seu Jorge, Steven Mackintosh, and Liam Cunningham.[2] The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008, was nominated for eight international film awards, and was the winner of two.[3] In March 2010, he was selected to direct Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise, which was based on a screenplay by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver.[4] The film was released on 5 August 2011 to mostly positive reviews, and holds an 82% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[5]
He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, screenwriter Erica Beeney, and their son Theodore Alexander Finch Wyatt.