MENDES
Samuel
British film and stage director
- Date of Birth: 1 August 1965
- Age: 61 years old
- In the rating: #42 Film director
Biography
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List.
Born in Berkshire to a Trinidadian Catholic father and an English Jewish mother, Mendes grew up in North London. He read English at Peterhouse at Cambridge University, and began directing plays there before joining Donmar Warehouse, which became a centre of 1990s London theatre culture. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret (1993), Oliver! (1994), Company (1995), and Gypsy (2003).
He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013). For his work on the London stage, Mendes has received three Laurence Olivier Awards for Company, Twelfth Night and The Ferryman and for his work on Broadway he has earned two Tony Awards for Best Direction of a Play for his work on The Ferryman in 2019, and The Lehman Trilogy in 2022.
In film, he made his directorial debut with the drama American Beauty (1999), which earned him the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Director. He has since directed the films Road to Perdition (2002), Jarhead (2005), Revolutionary Road (2008), and the James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015). For the war film 1917 (2019), he received the BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Director, as well as his second Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
In 2000, Mendes was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg, Germany. In 2005, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain. In 2008, The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 15 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture".
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Date of Birth
1 August 1965
Age
61
years old
Flower horoscope
Wild rose
The flower talisman Wild rose reflects character through nature’s calendar — sensitivity, aesthetic sense, and seasonal rhythm shape daily choices.
| Zodiac Compatibility | % |
|---|---|
| Carnation | 96% |
| Delphinium | 96% |
| Water lily | 96% |
| Daisy | 96% |
| Aster | 92% |
| Rose | 92% |
| Sunflower | 92% |
| Violet | 92% |
| Tulip | 92% |
| Bellflower | 92% |
| Wild rose | 88% |
| Lotus | 84% |
| Dandelion | 84% |
| Freesia | 84% |
| Lilac | 84% |
| Purslane | 84% |
| Dahlia | 84% |
| Foxglove | 84% |
| Poppy | 84% |
| Mistletoe | 84% |
| Gladiolus | 80% |
| Camellia | 80% |
| Chamomile | 80% |
| Magnolia | 80% |
| Belladonna | 80% |
| Edelweiss | 76% |
| Peony | 76% |
| Orchid | 76% |
| Heather | 76% |
| Lily of the valley | 76% |
| Hydrangea | 76% |
| Lily | 76% |
| Mimosa | 76% |
| Thistle | 64% |
| Immortelle | 56% |
| Gentian | 56% |
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Leo — 1st decan
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| Virgo — 3rd decan | 96% |
| Leo — 2nd decan | 96% |
| Cancer — 1st decan | 96% |
| Gemini — 2nd decan | 96% |
| Virgo — 2nd decan | 92% |
| Virgo — 1st decan | 92% |
| Leo — 3rd decan | 92% |
| Cancer — 3rd decan | 92% |
| Cancer — 2nd decan | 92% |
| Gemini — 3rd decan | 92% |
| Leo — 1st decan | 88% |
| Capricorn — 2nd decan | 84% |
| Capricorn — 1st decan | 84% |
| Scorpio — 3rd decan | 84% |
| Scorpio — 2nd decan | 84% |
| Libra — 1st decan | 84% |
| Taurus — 2nd decan | 84% |
| Aries — 3rd decan | 84% |
| Sagittarius — 3rd decan | 80% |
| Scorpio — 1st decan | 80% |
| Taurus — 3rd decan | 80% |
| Aries — 1st decan | 80% |
| Capricorn — 3rd decan | 76% |
| Sagittarius — 2nd decan | 76% |
| Sagittarius — 1st decan | 76% |
| Libra — 3rd decan | 76% |
| Libra — 2nd decan | 76% |
| Gemini — 1st decan | 76% |
| Taurus — 1st decan | 76% |
| Aries — 2nd decan | 76% |
| Pisces — 1st decan | 64% |
| Aquarius — 3rd decan | 64% |
| Aquarius — 2nd decan | 60% |
| Pisces — 3rd decan | 56% |
| Pisces — 2nd decan | 56% |
| Aquarius — 1st decan | 56% |
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