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- Biography: Roland Joffé (born November 17, 1945 in London) is a film director who began his career in television. His early television credits included episodes of Coronation Street and an adaptation of The Stars Look Down for Granada. He gained a reputation for hard-hitting political stories with the series Bill Brand... Read more
Filmography
- Singularity (2008)
- You and I (Finding tATu) (2008)
- Captivity (2007)
- Vatel (2000)
- Undressed (1999)
- Goodbye Lover (1999)
- Waterproof (1999)
- The Scarlet Letter (1995)
- Super Mario Bros. (1993)
- City of Joy (1992)
- Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
- Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
News
Corsan slate includes Billie August film
variety.com –
2008-11-08
Belgian shingle Corsan has put together a slate of English-language movies including the next projects by Lee Tamahori, Roland Joffe and two-time Cannes Palme d'Or winner Bille August. ... Full Article
The Worst Films of 2007
filmjerk.com –
2007-12-30
Epic Movie It took mere weeks into 2007 before the worst movie of the year was uncovered. Scary. Even more upsetting was the inanity of "Epic Movie," where jokes weren't offered, just riffs on any pop culture droppings the production... ... Full Article
Get involved...
birminghammail.net –
2007-06-22
THE adult certificate is no quality-control guide to the horrors in store in this disaster. It's been made by Roland Joffe whose CV includes BAFTA and Oscar nominations for The Mission and The Killing Fields. ... Full Article
Throw the book at it
sfgate.com –
1995-10-13
A DIRECTOR WHO TAKES HIMSELF TOO SERIOUSLY can end up inadvertently making movies that are just plain silly. Take Roland Joffe's "The Mission," in which he cast Robert De Niro as a tortured 18th century Jesuit missionary. The Brooklyn accent ... Full Article
Steeped in the traditions of British stage and television, director Roland Joffé has fashioned a career which veers between highbrow, left-leaning historical epics and sexually charged high camp, sometimes within the same film. ... Full Article
In fact, the more I found out about the project, the more sense it made. A century and a half ago, in the years before audience research, Hawthorne had composed his somber psychological drama with no way to know if ... Full Article