AKA Samuel Alexander Mendes

Born: 1-Aug-1965
Birthplace: Reading, Berkshire, England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director

Executive summary: American Beauty

Father: James Peter Mendes (university lecturer)
Mother: Valerie Helene Mendes (children's book author)
Girlfriend: Jane Horrocks (actress)
Girlfriend: Calista Flockhart (model, dated in 1999)
Girlfriend: Rachel Weisz (actress, dated in 2001)
Wife: Kate Winslet (actress, m. 24-May-2003)
Son: Sam Mendes (b. 22-Dec-2003, 7lbs 13oz)

    High School: Magdalen College School, Oxford.
    University: Cambridge University

    Oscar for Best Director 2000 for American Beauty
    Golden Globe 2000 for American Beauty
    Laurence Olivier Theatre Award 1996 for Company and The Glass Menagerie
    Laurence Olivier Theatre Award 2003 Special, for the Donmar Warehouse
    Laurence Olivier Theatre Award 2003 for Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya
    Commander of the British Empire 2000

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Jarhead (4-Nov-2005)
    Road to Perdition (12-Jul-2002)
    American Beauty (8-Sep-1999)

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