Sam Mendes

About Sam Mendes

He is best known for his film American Beauty, which won him an Academy Award for Best Director in 1999. His other films include Road to Perdition, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road and Skyfall.

Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes is an English director, producer and screenwriter. In the theater, he is known for the dark inventions of the theatrical musicals Cabaret, Oliver !, Company and Gypsy. He first made an original West End musical with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. For the production of the play The Ferryman, Mendes received the Tony for Best Director in 2019. In cinema, he directed with the film American Beauty, which won him the award. Oscar and Golden Globe Award for Best Director. He has since directed the crime film Road to Perdition, the Revolution television series, and the James Bond films Skyfall and Specter. For the 1917 war film, he received the BAFTA Award for Best Director and the second Golden Globe Award for Best Director, as well as a second Oscar nomination for Best Director; Furthermore, it was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

Education	Magdalen College School
Occupation	Director, producer, screenwriter
Children	2
Born	Samuel Alexander Mendes, August 1, 1965, Reading, Berkshire, England
Years active	1993–present
Alma mater	Peterhouse, Cambridge

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Trivia

He was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.

Sam Mendes before fame

While at Peterhouse College in Cambridge, he began directing plays. He also represented Cambridge in cricket.

Achievement of Sam Mendes

In the year 2000, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$30 Million

Sam Mendes family life

He married actress Kate Winslet in 2003, but the couple split in 2010. Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes, his son, is his name.

Associations of Sam Mendes

In the 2002 picture Road to Perdition, he directed Tom Hanks.

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Family Members

Name	Relationship	Net worth	Profession
Phoebe Mendes	Children		N/A
Joe Mendes	Children		N/A
Jameson Peter Mendes	Father		N/A
Rebecca Hall	Former partner	$7 Million	Actor
Kate Winslet	Former spouse	$45 Million	Actor
Valerie Helene Mendes	Mother		N/A
Alison Balsom	Spouse	$1 Million - $2 Million (Approx.)	Trumpet Player