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词条 Iain Softley
释义

  1. Career

  2. Forthcoming Films

  3. Personal life

  4. Filmography

     Film  Television 

  5. References

  6. External links

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Iain Declan Softley (born 28 October 1956) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His films include Backbeat, Hackers, The Wings of the Dove, K-PAX, The Skeleton Key, and the BBC adaptation of Sadie Jones's novel, The Outcast.

Career

Softley was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing, London, and Queens' College, Cambridge University, where he directed a number of highly-praised theatrical productions. He worked for Granada TV and the BBC in the 1980s before moving on to music videos and film.

Softley's first film, the Stuart Sutcliffe biopic, Backbeat, which he wrote and directed, was released in 1994. It opened the Sundance Film Festival[1] and went on to receive a BAFTA Award nomination for Best British Film. For his work on the film, Softley received Best Newcomer Awards from The London Film Critics Circle and Empire Magazine.[2]

Following Backbeat, Softley directed the cyber thriller Hackers, starring Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee-Miller. This was followed in 1997 by an adaptation of Henry James' novel, The Wings of the Dove, starring Helena Bonham-Carter. The film premiered at the Toronto and Venice Film Festivals, earned four Academy Award nominations, and won a number of awards including two BAFTAs and multiple acting honors for Bonham Carter.[3]

Softley's next two films (released by Universal Pictures[4]) topped the US box office:[5] the sci-fi mystery film K-PAX, starring Kevin Spacey, and Jeff Bridges, and the suspense thriller, The Skeleton Key with Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands and John Hurt.

Other film credits include: Inkheart, from Cornelia Funke's best-selling book, with Helen Mirren, Paul Bettany and Jim Broadbent; Trap for Cinderella, starring Tuppence Middleton and Alexandra Roach, which Softley adapted and directed from Sebastien Japrisot's French crime novel; and Curve starring Julianne Hough, produced by Blumhouse Productions and released by Universal Pictures in 2016.[6]

In 2016, it was announced that Softley will direct Icarus, based on the life of British/American astronaut, Michael Foale, which Softley has developed with writers Hilary Thompson and Laurence Coriat. He will co-produce the project through his company, Forthcoming Films.[7] Softley attended Queens' College, Cambridge at the same time as Foale.

In 2010, Softley directed a stage adaptation of Backbeat, which was co-written with Stephen Jeffreys. It premiered at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow,[8] before transferring to the Duke of York's Theatre, in London[9] and then subsequently Toronto, Los Angeles and Berlin.[10][11][12]

Aside from his work in film, Softley has also worked in television. In 2012, he directed the short film, The Man, as part of Sky Arts' Playhouse Presents strand. The film was a satirical take on the clandestine Bilderberg Group and starred Stellan Skarsgard, Zoe Wannamaker, Hayley Atwell and Stephen Fry.[13] In 2015, the BBC broadcast atwo-part adaptation of author Sadie Jones’ novel The Outcast which Softley he also directed.[14] The film was warmly received by The Guardian, with Julia Raeside writing: "The tone set by Iain Softley’s beautifully restrained direction and the careful use of music creates a real feeling of loss from the start, just as in the book, but he somehow avoids all hammy visual foreshadowing and narrative signposting, so often used to gee a plot along".[15]

Forthcoming Films

Together with his wife, film producer Sarah Curtis, Softley runs Forthcoming Films, which produces and develops their respective projects. Past productions include: Backbeat, On a Clear Day, Hysteria, Trap for Cinderella and Ophelia.[16]

Future productions include: the Michael Foale biopic Icarus.[17]

Personal life

Softley and Curtis live in London. Together, they have three children.[18]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Writer Producer
1994 Backbeat {{Yes}} {{Yes}}
1995 Hackers {{Yes}}
1997 The Wings of the Dove {{Yes}}
2001 K-PAX {{Yes}}
2005 The Skeleton Key {{Yes}} {{Yes}}
2008 Inkheart {{Yes}} {{Yes}}
2013 Trap for Cinderella {{Yes}} {{Yes}}
2015 Curve {{Yes}}
2018 Ophelia {{Yes}}

Television

Year Title Director Writer Producer
2015 Playhouse Presents: The Man {{Yes}}
2015 The Outcast {{Yes}}

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/ian-softley/26370/iain-softley-interview-trap-for-cinderella-hackers-more|title=Iain Softley interview: Trap For Cinderella, Hackers & more|work=Den of Geek|access-date=2017-07-18|language=en}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0812200/|title=Iain Softley|website=IMDb|access-date=2017-07-18}}
3. ^{{Citation|title=The Wings of the Dove|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120520/awards?ref_=tt_awd|accessdate=2017-07-18}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/500829-universal_begins_principal_on_the_skeleton_key_and_the_perfect_man|title=Universal Begins Principal on THE SKELETON KEY and THE PERFECT MAN - ComingSoon.net|date=2004-05-28|work=ComingSoon.net|access-date=2017-07-18|language=en-US}}
5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/oct/29/news|title=K-PAX tops US box office|date=2001-10-29|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-07-18|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.casarotto.co.uk/client/iain-softley-12162|title=Iain Softley|website=www.casarotto.co.uk|access-date=2017-07-18}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=http://deadline.com/2016/10/kris-thykier-archery-pictures-iain-softley-mike-foale-michael-maher-icarus-jessica-chastain-1201838991/|title=Archery Pictures, Forthcoming Films & Start Motion Pictures Developing Mike Foale Feature ‘Icarus’|last=Lodderhose|first=Diana|date=2016-10-19|work=Deadline|access-date=2017-07-18|language=en-US}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.citz.co.uk/whatson/info/backbeat/|title=Citizens Theatre|last=Theatre|first=Citizens|website=www.citz.co.uk|access-date=2017-07-20}}
9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/backbeat-duke-of-yorks-theatre-london-2368942.html|title=Backbeat, Duke of York's Theatre, London|date=2011-10-12|work=The Independent|access-date=2017-07-20|language=en-GB}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.musical1.de/news/backbeat-beatles-mania-in-berlin/|title=BACKBEAT: Beatles-Mania in Berlin - Musical1|date=2016-06-02|work=Musical1|access-date=2017-07-20|language=de-DE}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/01/entertainment/la-et-cm-backbeat-review-20130201|title=Review: In 'Backbeat,' it's the Beatles' early, non-fab years|last=McNulty|first=Charles|date=2013-02-01|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-07-20|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}
12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/theatre-reviews/backbeat-a-beatles-love-story/article4450120/|title=Backbeat: A Beatles love story|last=Morrow|first=Martin|date=2012-07-30|access-date=2017-07-20|language=en-ca}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/qyr5z/playhouse-presents--series-1---9-playhouse-presents-the-man/|title=Playhouse Presents - S1 - Episode 9: Playhouse Presents: The Man|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2017-07-18}}
14. ^{{cite web | title= BBC One: The Outcast: Episode 1 credits |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b062vqcx/credits| author=| website= bbc.co.uk | accessdate= 20 July 2015}}
15. ^{{cite news |last= Raeside |first= Julia |title= The Outcast review – ‘I feared for Sadie Jones’s adaptation of her perfect novel – but it is excellent’ |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/13/the-outcast-review-sadie-jones-iain-softley| date=13 July 2015 |newspaper= The Guardian |location=London| accessdate=20 July 2015 }}
16. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ab9518a|title=Forthcoming Productions|work=BFI|access-date=2017-07-20|language=en}}
17. ^{{Cite news|url=http://deadline.com/2016/10/kris-thykier-archery-pictures-iain-softley-mike-foale-michael-maher-icarus-jessica-chastain-1201838991/|title=Archery Pictures, Forthcoming Films & Start Motion Pictures Developing Mike Foale Feature ‘Icarus’|last=Lodderhose|first=Diana|date=2016-10-19|work=Deadline|access-date=2017-07-20|language=en-US}}
18. ^{{cite news|first=Christina|last=Robert|title=How I make it work: Sarah Curtis|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/make_it_work/article1157331.ece|work=The Sunday Times|date=4 November 2012|accessdate=13 October 2013|subscription=yes}}

External links

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