Iain Softley
Directing
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.
Born: November 30, 1956 · London, England, UK
Filmography (12)
The Shepherd
2023
Curve
2015
The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers
2015
The Outcast
2015
Trap for Cinderella
2013
Playhouse Presents
2012
Inkheart
2008
The Skeleton Key
2005
K-PAX
2001
The Wings of the Dove
1997
Hackers
1995
Backbeat
1994