Person
Iain Softley
Directing · Born 1956-11-30 · London, England, UK
Biography
Iain Declan 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 1999, with Milla Jovovich in the lead role of a haunted and driven Russian émigré.
Known for
Playhouse Presents
Director
Hackers
Executive Producer
Inkheart
Director
The Skeleton Key
Director
K-PAX
Director
The Outcast
Director
Curve
Director
Backbeat
Screenplay
The Shepherd
Director
The Wings of the Dove
Director
Filmography
- 2023The ShepherdDirector
- 2015CurveDirector
- 2015The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers
- 2015The OutcastDirector
- 2013Trap for CinderellaDirector
- 2012Playhouse PresentsDirector
- 2008InkheartDirector
- 2005The Skeleton KeyDirector
- 2001K-PAXDirector
- 1997The Wings of the DoveDirector
- 1995HackersExecutive Producer
- 1994BackbeatScreenplay
- —Come and Get MeExecutive Producer
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