Roland Joffé

Roland Joffé ˈdʒɒfeɪ born 17 November 1945 is an English film and television director producer and screenwriter He is known for directing the critically acclaimed films The Killing Fields 1984 and The Mission 1986 earning him Academy Award nominations for Best Director The latter won the Palme dOr at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival Joffé began his career in television with early credits including episodes of Coronation Street and an adaptation of The Stars Look Down for Granada He gained a reputation for hardhitting political stories with the series Bill Brand and factual dramas for Play for Today In the late 1980s he cofounded the production company Lightmotive with Ben Myron Description above from the Wikipedia article Roland Joffé licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia