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Roland Joffé

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Roland Joffé
Also known asRoland Joffe
RolesFilmmaker
Activesince 1960
Based inMalta
RecognitionAcademy Award nomination and BAFTA nomination for Best Director, 1985, and Golden Globe nomination for Best Director, 1985, for The Killing Fields; Palme d'Or and Technical Grand Prize, Cannes Film Festival, 1986, for The Mission; Prix Italia, 1978, for The Spongers (Wikipedia)
SubjectsFilm & Moving Image; History & Remembrance

Roland Joffé is a British film and television director who directed The Killing Fields.

Roland Joffé is a film and television director, producer and screenwriter who has worked since 1960 and lives in Malta (Wikipedia). He worked in television and theatre before making his feature debut with The Killing Fields, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for best director in 1985 (Wikipedia; The Guardian). He has described building the film's performances through improvisational exercises with its cast (The Guardian). His later films include The Mission, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1986 (Wikipedia).

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