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John Philip Madden (born 8 April 1949) is an English director of stage, film, television, and radio.[2] He is known for directing Shakespeare in Love (1998), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He has also gained recognition for directing The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) and its sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015).

John Madden
Born	John Philip Madden (1949-04-08) 8 April 1949 (age 73) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England[1]
Alma mater	Cambridge University
Years active	1982–present

Life and career

Madden was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. He was educated at Clifton College in Bristol. He was in the same house as Roger Michell, who became a friend and later also a director. He began his career in British independent films, and graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1970 with a B.A. in English Literature.[3]

He started work in television, including directing Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect 4, episodes of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (ITV, 1984–1994),[4] and Inspector Morse (1990–1995).

He directed the film Shakespeare in Love (1998), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and for which he was also nominated as Best Director.[5] He lost to Steven Spielberg, who directed Saving Private Ryan. The film also won the Silver Bear at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.[6]

Madden has since directed several films, including Proof (2005), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), and its sequel, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015).[3]

Madden is serving as a Jury Member for the digital studio Filmaka, a platform for undiscovered filmmakers to show their work to industry professionals.[7]

Films

Year	Title
1993	Ethan Frome
1994	Golden Gate
1997	Mrs Brown
1998	Shakespeare in Love
2001	Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2005	Proof
2008	Killshot
2010	The Debt
2012	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015	The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2016	Miss Sloane
2022	Operation Mincemeat

Television

• Poppyland (1984 UK TV film, Screen Two)
• Prime Suspect 4
• After The War (UK TV Series)
• Inspector Morse episodes
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes episodes
• The Widowmaker 1990. Madden insisted on casting David Morrissey in the lead.
• Masters of Sex pilot[8]

Plays

Plays he has directed include Arthur Kopit's Wings,[9] and the world premiere in 1980 of Jules Feiffer's Grown Ups at the American Repertory Theatre.

Radio

Between 1981 and 1996, Madden directed a series of radio adaptations of Star Wars in a BBC/NPR co-production, which included versions of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1981), The Empire Strikes Back (1983) and Return of the Jedi (1996) scripted for radio by Brian Daley.[10][11]

Before it was produced for the stage, Madden directed Wings for NPR's Earplay series, in a production that won the Prix Italia.

References

External links

• John Madden at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] John Madden (director)

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[es] John Madden (director de cine)

John Philip Madden (8 de abril de 1949) es un director de cine, teatro, televisión y radio, oriundo de Inglaterra, Reino Unido. Comenzó su carrera en el cine independiente británico, mientras estudiaba Literatura Inglesa en la Universidad de Cambridge a principios de la década de los setenta. Sus primeros trabajos relevantes los realizó para la televisión, dirigiendo Prime Suspect 4 y episodios sueltos de series como Sherlock Holmes o Inspector Morse. Uno de sus más importantes éxitos lo constituye la película Shakespeare in Love (Shakespeare enamorado), ganadora del Oscar a la mejor película de 1998.

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[ru] Мэдден, Джон (режиссёр)

Джон Мэдден (англ. John Madden; род. 8 апреля 1949) — британский кинорежиссёр. Его фильм «Влюблённый Шекспир» получил семь премий «Оскар», сам Мэдден за режиссёрскую работу картины выдвигался на эту же премию.

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