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Anthony Minghella (1954–2008)

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Anthony Minghella was the son of immigrants from Italy, who own an ice-cream factory on the Isle of Wight, where Anthony was born on January 6, 1954. He and his two siblings, Edana Minghella and Dominic Minghella, grew up there, a popular British holiday spot. After graduating from the University of Hull... See full bio »

Born:

in Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, UK

Died:

(age 54) in London, England, UK
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2009 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series) (production: stage - 1 episode)
– Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2009) (production: stage)
 
2001 The Warrior (presenter)
 
1983-1986 Grange Hill (TV series) (script editor - 66 episodes)
– Episode #9.24 (1986) (script editor)
– Episode #9.19 (1986) (script editor)
– Episode #9.13 (1986) (script editor)
– Episode #9.7 (1986) (script editor)
– Episode #9.1 (1986) (script editor)
See all 66 episodes »
 
Show ShowWriter (20 titles)
2009 Nine (screenplay)
 
2009 New York, I Love You (segment "Shekhar Kapur")
 
2008 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)
– The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) (teleplay)
 
2006 Breaking and Entering (written by)
 
2003 Cold Mountain (screenplay)
 
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley (screenplay)
 
1996 The English Patient (screenplay)
 
1991 The Storyteller: Greek Myths (TV series)
– Theseus & the Minotaur (1991) (creator)
– Daedalus & Icarus (1991) (creator)
– Perseus & the Gorgon (1991) (creator)
– Orpheus & Eurydice (1991) (creator)
 
1990 The Jim Henson Hour (TV series)
– Living with Dinosaurs (1990)
 
1990 Truly Madly Deeply
 
1987-1990 Inspector Morse (TV series)
– Driven to Distraction (1990) (written by)
– Deceived by Flight (1989) (screenplay)
– The Dead of Jericho (1987) (screenplay)
 
1989 Smith and Jones in Small Doses (TV series)
– Second Thoughts (1989) (writer)
 
1989 Living with Dinosaurs (TV movie)
 
1988 The Storyteller (TV series)
– The True Bride (1988) (screenplay)
– The Heartless Giant (1988) (screenplay)
– Sapsorrow (1988) (screenplay)
– The Three Ravens (1988) (screenplay)
– Hans My Hedgehog (1988) (screenplay)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1986 Boon (TV series)
– Grass Widows (1986) (written by)
 
1985 Grange Hill (TV series)
– Episode #8.14 (1985) (writer)
– Episode #8.6 (1985) (writer)
– Episode #8.1 (1985) (writer)
– Episode #8.17 (writer)
– Episode #8.2 (writer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1985 What If It's Raining (TV series)
 
1983 Women (TV series)
 
1983 Studio (TV series)
 
1981 Maybury (TV series)
– Indoor Games (1981) (creator / writer)
– Ten Green Bottles (1981) (creator / writer)
– What I Mean Is... (1981) (creator / writer)
– A Fall from Grace (1981) (creator / writer)
 
Show ShowProducer (12 titles)
2011/I Margaret (executive producer)
 
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode, 2009) (producer - 1 episode, 2008)
– The Big Bonanza (2009) (executive producer)
– The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) (producer)
 
2009 Bucco Blanco (short) (executive producer)
 
2008 The Reader (producer)
 
2008 Love You More (short) (producer)
 
2007 Michael Clayton (executive producer)
 
2006 Breaking and Entering (producer)
 
2006 Catch a Fire (producer)
 
2005 The Interpreter (executive producer)
 
2002 The Quiet American (executive producer)
 
2002/I Heaven (producer)
 
2001/I Iris (executive producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (9 titles)
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
2003 Cold Mountain (lyrics: "I Wish My Baby was Born" / arranger: "Bonaparte's Retreat", "Am I Born to Die?", "The Cuckoo", "Lulu is Gone", "Like a Songbird That Has Fallen" 2003, "Wayfaring Stranger", "Sittin' on Top of the World" 1966, "I Wish My Baby was Born", "The Scarlet Tide" 2003)
 
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley (producer: "LULLABY FOR CAIN", "TU VUO' FA l'AMERICANO", "MOANIN'", "MY FUNNY VALENTINE", "PENT-UP HOUSE", "FOUR", "STABAT MATER", 1st Movement, "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS" / "LULLABY FOR CAIN")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
2003 Cold Mountain (score producer - uncredited)
 
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley (music producer: songs, score producer)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2007 Atonement
Interviewer
 
Show ShowThanks (15 titles)
2012 Silver Linings Playbook (producers wish to thank)
 
2009 Nine (in memory of)
 
2009 Nowhere Boy (dedicatee)
 
2009 Triage (dedicatee)
 
2009 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2009) (in memory of)
 
2009 New York, I Love You (in memory of)
 
2008 The Reader (in loving memory of)
 
2008 Killshot (dedicatee, very special thanks)
 
2008 Trent 2 Rent (short) (special thanks)
 
2008 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) (in memory of)
 
2005 Bee Season (very special thanks)
 
2001 Birthday Girl (very special thanks)
 
2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin (the producers wish to thank)
 
2000 Malèna (special thanks)
 
1998 Welcome to Hollywood (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (40 titles)
2009 World Film Report (TV series)
Himself
– Wang shi sui feng, Anthony Minghella zhou nian ji (2009) … Himself
 
2007 Music by Gabriel Yared (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 In the Tracks of Gabriel Yared (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Fog City Mavericks (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 London Tonight (TV series)
Himself - BFI Chairman
– Episode dated 22 February 2007 (2007) … Himself - BFI Chairman
 
2007 ITV Evening News (TV series)
Himself - British Fim Institute Chairman
– Episode dated 22 February 2007 (2007) … Himself - British Fim Institute Chairman (as Anthony Minghella CBE)
 
2007 5 News (TV series)
Himself - BFI Chairman
– Episode dated 22 February 2007 (2007) … Himself - BFI Chairman
 
1996-2007 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 18 January 2007 (2007) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 23 December 2003 (2003) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 24 January 2000 (2000) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 20 November 1996 (1996) … Himself - Guest
 
2006 2006 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 November 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 In Rehearsal: A New Butterfly for the Met (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Sunday AM (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The 100 Greatest War Films (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Climbing 'Cold Mountain' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Happy Birthday BBC Two (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Filmland (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #3.5 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 4Pop (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Varjogaalojen vastaisku (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Screenplay
 
2004 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 January 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.7 (2004) … Himself - Guest
 
2003 The Words and Music of 'Cold Mountain' (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Shootout (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.11 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 A Journey to 'Cold Mountain' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (video documentary)
Himself - Director ("Play")
 
2003 From Hollywood to Borehamwood (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Page to Screen (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The English Patient … Himself
 
2002 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Music Behind the Scenes (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Love & Seduction … Himself
 
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay
 
2000 Reflections on 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of Anthony Minghella … Himself
 
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Welcome to Hollywood
Himself
 
1998 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Saul Zaentz: A Tribute (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Fleadh Report (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Director & Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay (also archive footage)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2009 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series)
 
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Picture/Memorial Tribute
 
2009 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 

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Alternate Names:

Anthony Minghella CBE

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on The English Patient] I think the film is quite cruel actually and quite austere; it carries this lava of emotion on quite a formal surface. And one of the reasons why in my life I have loved Bach so much is because I think he too has this combination of an extremely formal structure and apparent austere sound... See more »

Trivia:

Brother of writers Edana Minghella and Dominic Minghella. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently worked with Jude Law See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn