Birthday: August 01, 1965
Director Sam Mendes was already a veteran of the Broadway and London stage when he made one of the most auspicious feature film debuts in recent memory with American Beauty, a dark, satirical, and ultimately revelatory vision of suburban discontent. The low-budget Hollywood production struck a chord with audiences and critics, garnering Mendes a truckload of year-end awards. The ...more- 2008
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Director
- Revolutionary Road
- nom
- 1999
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Director
- American Beauty
- win
- 1999
- Directors Guild of America
- Best Director - Feature Film
- American Beauty
- win
- 1999
- Broadcast Film Critics Association
- Best Director
- American Beauty
- win
- 1999
- Toronto Film Critics Association
- Best Director [Runner-up]
- American Beauty
- win
- 2012
- Preacher
- Director
- 2009
- Away We Go
- Director
- 2008
- Revolutionary Road
- Director
- 2008
- Revolutionary Road
- Producer
- 2007
- The Kite Runner
- Executive Producer














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