Minghella attended St John's College in Portsmouth.
College/University
Gallery of Anthony Minghella
Cottingham Rd, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
Minghella graduated from the University of Hull, where he completed undergraduate and postgraduate courses, but eventually abandoned his doctoral thesis.
Career
Achievements
Anthony Minghella, winner of Best Director for "The English Patient".
Minghella graduated from the University of Hull, where he completed undergraduate and postgraduate courses, but eventually abandoned his doctoral thesis.
Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack during The Weinstein Company's Premiere of "Breaking and Entering" - Red Carpet and Inside Arrivals at Paris Theater at 4 West 58th Street in New York City, New York, United States.
Anthony Minghella and Juliette Binoche during The Weinstein Company's Premiere of "Breaking and Entering" - Red Carpet and Inside Arrivals at Paris Theater at 4 West 58th Street in New York City, New York, United States.
Anthony Minghella, director, and Harvey Weinstein during "Breaking and Entering" Private Screening Hosted by the Weinstein Company and L'Oreal Paris at The Celeste Bartos Theater, Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York, United States.
Ken Livingstone and Anthony Minghella during The Times BFI London Film Festival - News Conference and Photocall in London at City Hall in London, Great Britain.
Ken Livingstone and Anthony Minghella during The Times BFI London Film Festival - News Conference and Photocall in London at City Hall in London, Great Britain.
(Tom is a young man who believes it's better to be a fake ...)
Tom is a young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Finally, A wealthy American shipbuilder hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son. The movie was directed by Anthony Minghella.
(A Civil War deserter (Jude Law) undertakes an arduous jou...)
A Civil War deserter (Jude Law) undertakes an arduous journey to return to the woman he loves (Nicole Kidman) in this searing drama. The movie was directed by Anthony Minghella.
(A story about criminal and emotional theft, "Breaking & E...)
A story about criminal and emotional theft, "Breaking & Entering" follows a diverse group of long-term Londoners and new arrivals whose lives intersect in the inner-city area of King's Cross.
The movie was directed by Anthony Minghella.
Anthony Minghella was an English film director, playwright and screenwriter. He possessed the uncanny ability to translate a book into a lush, contemplative film without making audiences feel as if they were reading a book.
Background
Ethnicity:
Minghella's father was an Italian immigrant and his mother was born in Leeds to an Italian family; her ancestors originally came from Valvori, a small village in the Lazio region of central Italy.
Minghella was born on January 6, 1954 in Ryde, United Kingdom; the son of Gloria (Arcari) and Edward Minghella, ice cream factory owners. He was one of five children.
Education
Minghella attended St. Mary's Catholic Primary School in Ryde, Sandown Grammar School, and St John's College in Portsmouth. He graduated from the University of Hull, where he completed undergraduate and postgraduate courses, but eventually abandoned his doctoral thesis.
After graduation from the University of Hull, Minghella taught, but he ultimately quit to pursue a career in the theatre. After a stint as a scriptwriter for the British television shows Maybury and Inspector Morse, Minghella found success in London's West End. Minghella followed in 1993 with the small independent film Mr. Wonderful, starring Matt Dillon and Mary-Louise Parker. In 1996 Minghella achieved his greatest success with the period drama The English Patient; he not only directed the film but also wrote its screenplay.
Minghella followed in 1999 with The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jude Law. In 2000 Minghella teamed up with acclaimed director Syndey Pollack to form the independent production company Mirage.
Minghella's adaptation of the Civil War novel Cold Mountain, starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, and Natalie Portman, was released in 2003. In 2005 Minghella staged, with much critical success, the opera Madame Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera and the English National Opera. At the time of his death, Minghella had just finished filming the television pilot The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency and was working on one of fifteen short films for the collection New York, I Love You.
(Mr. Wonderful was directed by Anthony Minghella.)
1993
Politics
In 2005, Anthony Minghella directed a party election broadcast for the Labour Party featuring Blair and Gordon Brown.
Views
Quotations:
"I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write."
Interests
cinema, theater, music
Politicians
Tony Blair
Music & Bands
classic music
Connections
Minghella met his first wife, Yvonne Miller, when they were students. Later, he and his first wife divorced. In 1985, Minghella married choreographer and dancer Carolyn Jane Choa. Anthony had one son, Max, and a daughter - Hannah.