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Iain Softley

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Iain Softley

Born November 30, 1956 in London, England, UK10 films

Iain Declan Softley (born November 30, 1956) is an English film director. He was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing, where he played the part of Thomas Becket in its 1975 production of T. S. Eliot's play, Murder in the Cathedral, and Queens' College, Cambridge. His movies include the Beatles film Backbeat (1994), Hackers (1995), The Wings of the Dove (1997), K-PAX (2001), The Skeleton Key (2005) and Inkheart (2008). Softley also has been developing an adaptation of Stephen Gallagher's novel The Boat House for Dimension Films, set in the English Lake District. He previously attempted to film the book in 1999, with Milla Jovovich in the lead role of a haunted and driven Russian émigré.

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K-PAX posterFirst watchK-PAX20017.2Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Skeleton Key poster6.6The Skeleton Key2005Inkheart poster6.3Inkheart2008Hackers poster6.4Hackers1995Curve poster5.8Curve2015The Shepherd poster6.9The Shepherd2023The Wings of the Dove poster6.6The Wings of the Dove1997Backbeat poster6.1Backbeat1994

Filmography

10 films as director
  1. 2023The ShepherdDirector
  2. 2015CurveDirector
  3. 2013Trap for CinderellaDirector
  4. 2008InkheartDirector
  5. 2005The Skeleton KeyDirector
  6. 2001K-PAXDirector
  7. 2001Toni Braxton: From Toni with Love... The Video CollectionDirector
  8. 1997The Wings of the DoveDirector
  9. 1995HackersDirector
  10. 1994BackbeatDirector