Anthony Minghella

This is an intimate and revealing collection of interviews with one of the UK's most talented filmmakers. This volume presents an illuminating anthology of in-depth conversations with this important contemporary film director and producer. The collection explores Minghella's ideas on every aspect of [...]
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This is an intimate and revealing collection of interviews with one of the UK's most talented filmmakers. This volume presents an illuminating anthology of in-depth conversations with this important contemporary film director and producer. The collection explores Minghella's ideas on every aspect of the cinematic creative process including screenwriting, acting, editing, the use of music in film, and other topics concerning the role of the film director. Minghella (1954-2008) was a highly regarded British playwright and television writer before turning to film directing with his quirky, highly regarded first film, Truly, Madly, Deeply, in 1990. He went on to direct an extraordinary trilogy of, all adapted from works of contemporary literature. Minghella's 1996 adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel The English Patient was the director's most critically and commercially successful film, winning nine academy awards. Minghella followed this with an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley, a film that enjoyed great critical and commercial success.Minghella's ambitious adaptation of Charles Frazier's American Civil War romance, Cold Mountain, was released in 2003, and firmly marked Minghella as a director of intimate, yet large-scale epic cinema. Although Minghella was a successful film director and producer, he was also an important part of the cultural life of the U.K. He was awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2001 for his contributions to culture, and he was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the British Film institute from 2004 to 2007.