The Forgiven
2018 · Director
The Lovers
2015 · Director
There Be Dragons
2011 · Director
Captivity
2007 · Director
Vatel
2000 · Director
Goodbye Lover
1999 · Director
The Scarlet Letter
1995 · Director
City of Joy
1992 · Director
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989 · Director
The Mission
1986 · Director
The Killing Fields
1984 · Director
November 17, 1945 · London, England, UK
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.