SAM MENDES (Director) founded and ran the Donmar Warehouse in London for ten years. Recent theatre work includes The Hills of California (West End & Broadway), The Motive and the Cue (National Theatre & West End), The Lehman Trilogy and The Ferryman in the West End and on Broadway. His films include American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road, Skyfall, 1917, and Empire of Light. Awards include the Academy Award for best director and best picture, six Tony Awards, five Olivier Awards, two DGA awards, and the Director’s Guild Award for lifetime Achievement. He was knighted in 2020 for services to drama.