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Born in Reading, Berkshire, Sam Mendes is a renowned English film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. His directorial debut was the critically acclaimed American Beauty (1999), for which he received the Academy Award for Best Director. Mendes has since helmed several successful films, including Road to Perdition (2002), Jarhead (2005), Revolutionary Road (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and 1917 (2019).