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Anthony Minghella

1954 – 2008 · aged 54

British film director, playwright and screenwriter (1954-2008)

Born
6 Jan 1954 · Ryde
Died
18 Mar 2008 · Hammersmith

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 62 years
  1. 6 Jan 1954BornBorn in Ryde
  2. 1992AwardBAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
  3. 1997AwardDirectors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
  4. 1997AwardAcademy Award for Best Director
  5. 1997AwardBAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
  6. 1997AwardBAFTA Award for Best Film
  7. 18 Mar 2008DiedDied in Hammersmith

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1954 – 2008).

  1. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  3. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  4. 1956Suez Crisis
  5. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  7. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  9. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  11. 1968Prague Spring
  12. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  13. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  14. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  15. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  17. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  18. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  19. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  20. 1985Schengen Agreement
  21. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  22. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  23. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  25. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  27. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  28. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  29. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  30. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  31. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  32. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  33. 2008Russo-Georgian War

Biography

Anthony Minghella (6 January 1954 – 18 March 2008) was an English filmmaker and playwright. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. He directed the films Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), The English Patient (1996), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and Cold Mountain (2003), and produced other films like Michael Clayton (2007) and The Reader (2008).

Minghella received the Academy Award for Best Director for The English Patient. In addition, he received three more Oscar nominations; he was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for both The English Patient and The Talented Mr. Ripley, and was posthumously nominated for Best Picture for The Reader.

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