Received an Oscar-nomination as Best Director for his first three movies: Billy Elliot (2000), The Hours (2002) and The Reader (2008). He is the first (and as of 2009, the only) person ever to accomplish this.
I get frustrated about it because they say, "How can a man talk about women? I say, "Steven Spielberg didn't need to be an alien to talk about ET. You don't need to be a dog to direct Lassie. It seems to be a denial of the process of imagination, ...
Frequently collaborates with screenwriter David Hare.
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Stephen David Daldry
Dorset, England, UK