Sam Mendes

Samuel Alexander "Sam" Mendes, CBE is an English stage and film director. He is best known for directing the comedy-drama film American Beauty , which earned him the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the crime film Road to Perdition , and the James Bond films Skyfall and Spectre . He also is known for dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret , Oliver! , Company , and Gypsy . He directed an original stage musical for the first time with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory .