John Madden

John Madden Biography

John Philip Madden (born 8 April 1949) is an English director of theatre, film, television, and radio. He is known for directing Shakespeare in Love (1998), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He has gained more recent recognition for directing The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and its sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015).

Life and career

Madden was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. He was educated at Clifton College in Bristol. He was in the same house as friend and fellow director Roger Michell. He began his career in British independent films, and graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1970 with a B.A. in English literature. He started work in television including directing Prime Suspect 4 and episodes of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (ITV, 1984-1994) and Inspector Morse.

Perhaps his most notable achievement to date was directing Shakespeare in Love, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1998, and for which he was also nominated as Best Director; he lost to Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan. The film also won the Silver Bear at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.

He has since directed several films, including Proof (2005), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), and its sequel, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015).

Madden is also a Jury Member for the digital studio Filmaka, a platform for undiscovered filmmakers to show their work to industry professionals.

Films

Year	Title
1993	Ethan Frome
1994	Golden Gate
1997	Mrs Brown
1998	Shakespeare in Love
2001	Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2005	Proof
2008	Killshot
2010	The Debt
2011	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015	The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2016	Miss Sloane

Television

Poppyland 1984 (UK TV film, Screen 2)
Prime Suspect 4
After The War (UK TV Series)
Inspector Morse episodes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes episodes
The Widowmaker 1990. Madden insisted on star David Morrissey.
Masters of Sex pilot

Plays

Plays he has directed include Arthur Kopit's Wings.

Radio

Between 1981 and 1996, Madden directed a series of radio adaptations of Star Wars in a BBC/NPR co-production, which included versions of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1981), The Empire Strikes Back (1983 ) and Return of the Jedi (1996) scripted for radio by Brian Daley.

Before it was produced for the stage, Madden directed Wings for NPR's Earplay series, in a production that won the Prix Italia.

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