Sam Mendes

Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his directoral debut movie American Beauty (1999), which earned him the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the crime movie Road to Perdition (2002) the James Bond movies Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015), and the war movie 1917 (2019).^[1]

Sir Sam Mendes CBE
Mendes in London at the opening night of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 2013.
Born	Samuel Alexander Mendes (1965-08-01) 1 August 1965 (age 60) Reading, Berkshire, England
Education	Magdalen College School
Alma mater	Peterhouse, Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage director
Years active	1993–present
Known for	American Beauty Road to Perdition Jarhead Skyfall Spectre 1917
Spouses	Kate Winslet ​ ​ (m. 2003; div. 2011)​ Alison Balsom ​ (m. 2017)​
Children	2