Roland Joffé

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roland Joffé, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

1. The Mission (1986) — Director
2. The Killing Fields (1984) — Director
3. The Scarlet Letter (1995) — Director
4. Captivity (2007) — Director
5. Vatel (2000) — Director
6. Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) — Director
7. City of Joy (1992) — Director
8. There Be Dragons (2011) — Director
9. Coronation Street (1960) — Director
10. The Forgiven (2018) — Director
11. The Lovers (2015) — Director
12. Goodbye Lover (1999) — Director
13. Texas Rising (2015) — Director
14. You and I (2011) — Director
15. The Gray House (2026) — Director
16. Sun Records (2017) — Director
17. Undressed (1999) — Director
18. Play for Today (1970) — Director
19. A Lover Scorned (2019) — Director
20. Crown Court (1972) — Director
21. Bill Brand (1976) — Director
22. ITV Playhouse (1967) — Director
23. 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1980) — Director
24. Sam (1973) — Director
25. The Spongers (1978) — Director
26. United Kingdom (1981) — Director
27. The Legion Hall Bombing (1978) — Director
28. The Stars Look Down (1975) — Director
29. Headmaster (1977) — Director
30. Twelve Off the Belt (1977) — Director
31. November 1963 (2026) — Director
32. No Mama No (1979) — Director
33. L'Inverno — Director
34. Second City Firsts (1973) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Ennio (2022) — Self
2. I Am Patrick Swayze (2019) — Self
3. Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game (2014) — Self - Producer
4. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
5. The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson (1999) — Self
6. Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé (2022) — Self
7. Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) — Self