Actor

Roland Joffé

Directing

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Acting credits

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TMDB popularity

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Movies: 29Series: 6Crew credits: 29

TMDB ID: 8965

IMDb ID: nm0423646

Known for: Directing

Born: November 17, 1945

Age: 80

Place of birth: London, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1972 - 2026

Years active: 55

Average TMDB rating: 6.09

Wikidata: Q309715

Also known as

Roland Joffe

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Director (23)Producer (4)Executive Producer (1)Thanks (1)

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Biography

Roland Joffé (/ˈdʒɒfeɪ/; born 17 November 1945) is an English film and television director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for directing the critically acclaimed films The Killing Fields (1984) and The Mission (1986), earning him Academy Award nominations for Best Director. The latter won the Palme d'Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Joffé began his career in television, with early credits including 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 and factual dramas for Play for Today. In the late 1980s, he co-founded the production company Lightmotive with Ben Myron.