Anthony Minghella was a highly acclaimed film director, writer, and producer who won an Academy Award and two BAFTA awards. He began his career in theater and television before moving on to feature films, including Truly, Madly, Deeply, The English Patient, and Cold Mountain. Minghella passed away in 2008 at the age of 54, leaving behind a legacy of exceptional filmmaking.
Anthony Minghella was an award-winning film director, writer and producer whose death at the young age of 54 in 2008 was sincerely grieved as a significant loss not only to his family but to the entertainment community at large. Briton Minghella had received an Academy Award for Best Director and two BAFTA awards. Furthermore, Minghella has often been nominated for the outstanding quality of his films and their provocative nature.
Minghella was born in 1954 and graduated from the University of Hull. After starting his undergraduate studies in college, Anthony Minghella left to pursue a career in filmmaking. Some of his early work was in theater, but he soon began racking up credits for television work as well. Most notable was his work as a writer on Jim Henson’s The Storyteller, aired in 1987, and his work as a writer on the popular TV series (aired in the US on PBS), Inspector Morse.
A collaboration with the BBC in the film Truly, Madly, Deeply directed and written by Anthony Minghella, brought quite suddenly to the world of cinema. Truly, Madly, Deeply was originally intended to be a television production. However, once finished, the film was so well received that it was released as a feature film instead. The film’s 1990 release brought Minghella rave reviews, for both writing and directing. The semi-comedic film that creatively looked at the love that exists beyond death, and then imagined what would happen if the dead refused to leave, was called by some critics one of the best films of 1990.
In 1993, Anthony Minghella released his second film Mr. Wonderful which received mixed reviews. He bounced back with the critically acclaimed film The English Patient in 1996, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. The Talented Mr. Ripley in 1999 received five Academy Award nominations. The Sweeping Cold Mountain, was released in 2003. It has since been reviewed as one of the best films ever made and an amazing take on the hero’s journey through the lens of the brutal American Civil War.
2006’s Breaking and Entering was not so favorably reviewed. Other work done by Anthony Minghella has been received more graciously. In particular, as a producer on such films as The Interpreter, The Quiet American and Michael Clayton, he has been praised for his insight into him. At the time of his death, he had finished production on a BBC adaptation of the popular novel, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.
Minghella was married to Carolyn Choa and has two children, Hannah and Max. He is also survived by his parents and three sisters. Just as he is remembered personally by his family – many of whom worked with him on his various productions – it is very likely that his films will stand as a continual reminder of an extraordinary talent for all cinema lovers.
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