Iain Softley

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-11-30 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Iain Softley

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Iain Softley (born November 30, 1956) is an English film director. He was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing, where he played the part of Thomas Becket in its 1975 production of T. S. Eliot's play, Murder in the Cathedral, and Queens' College, Cambridge. His movies include the Beatles film Backbeat (1994), Hackers (1995), The Wings of the Dove (1997), K-PAX (2001), The Skeleton Key (2005) and Inkheart (2008). Softley also has been developing an adaptation of Stephen Gallagher's novel The Boat House for Dimension Films, set in the English Lake District. He previously attempted to film the book in 1...

Production

2001

K-PAX

as Director

2008

Inkheart

as Director

1995

Hackers

as Director

1995

Hackers

as Executive Producer

1994

Backbeat

as Director

1994

Backbeat

as Screenplay

2005

The Skeleton Key

as Director

2005

The Skeleton Key

as Producer

1997

2013

2013

Trap for Cinderella

as Screenplay

2015

Curve

as Director

2023

The Shepherd

as Director

2023

The Shepherd

as Screenplay

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Come and Get Me

as Executive Producer

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