Nickname:	/ Midas Mendes
Known for:	American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Jarhead
Birth name:	Samuel Alexander Mendes
Birthday:	1 August 1965, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Height:	5' 10" (1.78 m)

SAM MENDES has pulled out of directing his first opera at the 2010 Glyndebourne Festival in England.The acclaimed theatre director was due to helm a production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni for his highly-anticipated opera debut at the annual British event.But he has now backed out, insisting his new U.S. theatre company "turned out to be
Kate Winslet had "no boundaries" in her love scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio. Kate's husband - Sam Mendes, who directed Kate and Leonardo in "Revolutionary Road" - has revealed his wife didn't get embarrassed when she shot her steamy scenes in the movie.

He said: "There were no boundaries - Leo could go anywhere and Kate will never get offended and he knew that. It's exciting to know that someone's never going to get cross with you or embarrassed if you hit them or lift them onto a kitchen cabinet and make love to them or whatever it is."
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio are like "brother and sister" says Kate's husband Sam Mendes.

Sam - who directed the stars in new movie "Revolutionary Road" - revealed Kate and Leonardo were easy to work with because they are such great friends.
Director SAM MENDES is working with screenwriter JOHN AUGUST to turn his dream of making a movie version of graphic novel PREACHER into a reality.The American Beauty filmmaker has been desperate to turn the cult comic book into a film for months, but has struggled to find a script to go with the project, about
Hollywood actress KATE WINSLET experienced love at first sight the day she set eyes on husband SAM MENDES.The Heavenly Creatures star met Mendes in 2001, shortly after the break-up of her first marriage to Jim Threapleton, the father of her daughter Mia, eight.And Winslet admits she was instantly blown away when she first met the
British TV star JAMES CORDEN is slated for the role of SHREK when the hit Broadway musical moves to the U.K.The award-winning funnyman, who appears in BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey, is lined-up to play the loveable ogre when Kate Winslet’s director husband Sam Mendes takes the show to London’s West End next year (09).A
Reuters - Sam Mendes was already a top theater director when, at age 34, he burst onto Hollywood's scene with his film directorial debut, "American Beauty," a dark tale of dysfunction in a suburban family.
Director SAM MENDES is desperate to turn cult comic book PREACHER into a movie - if only he could find the perfect script.The American Beauty filmmaker was rumoured to be working on bringing the graphic novel to the big screen, but he admits the project is, for now, just a dream.He tells Empireonline.com, "I’d love
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New mum MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL’s maternal skills came in handy on the set of her new movie FARLANDERS when she had to calm screaming baby twins.The actress plays a hippie mum in the Sam Mendes film - her first project since becoming a mother in October 2006.And when her tiny co-stars threatened to ruin filming by
Director SAM MENDES is set to fulfil a lifelong dream - after signing up to work with one of the world’s most prestigious opera festivals.The star will direct Mozart’s Don Giovanni in the 2010 season after being courted by English opera house Glyndbourne for eight years to take the role.David Pickard, Glyndbourne’s general director, says,
Director SAM MENDES has lavished praise on Scottish actor JAMES McAVOY likening the star to screen legend DUSTIN HOFFMAN.The filmmaker insists the Last King Of Scotland star is just as good as The Graduate icon was in his youth.He says, "(McAvoy) has the charm of a young Dustin Hoffman and the emphatic everyman quality of
Director Sam Mendes has been forced to cancel two of his London theater projects after leading actor Stephen Dillane pulled out of the shows because of an illness in the family. Mendes was due to team up with his American Beauty star, Kevin Spacey, to present the William Shakespeare plays Hamlet and The Tempest at London's Old Vic Theatre next year - where Spacey serves as Artistic Director.


Director Sam Mendes is to reunite with Kevin Spacey in a three year theatre project. Spacey, Artistic Director of London's Old Vic Theatre has invited Mendes to present a double-bill of classic plays up until 2010 in the British capital and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.


Director SAM MENDES is to reunite with his AMERICAN BEAUTY star KEVIN SPACEY in a three year theatre project.Spacey, Artistic Director of London’s Old Vic Theatre, has invited Mendes to present a double-bill of classic plays up until 2010 in the British capital and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.In one production, Mendes
Kate Winslet is teaming up with her Oscar-winning director husband Sam Mendes to work on a new movie. Winslet, who has been married to the filmmaker for three years, has been interested in playing the role of 1920s circus tiger tamer Mabel Stark since 2003.

And now Mendes' company, Neal Street Productions, has bought the rights to adapt a fictionalized life of Stark by author Robert Hough.


Actress KATE WINSLET is teaming up with her Oscar-winning director husband SAM MENDES to work on a new movie.Winslet, who has been married to the AMERICAN BEAUTY filmmaker for three years, has been interested in playing the role of 1920s circus tiger tamer MABEL STARK since 2003.And now Mendes’ company, Neal Street Productions, has bought

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