DIRECTOR · BORN 1965
Sam Mendes
- Born
- 1 August 1965, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
- Known for
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015), Toast of London (2013), The Oscars (1953), Everything or Nothing (2012)
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Sam Mendes' Children and Parents: 10 Family Facts
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Sam Mendes married English actress Kate Winslet in the West Indies in May 2003.
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His paternal grandparents were from Trinidad's ethnic Portuguese community. His grandfather was the celebrated West Indian writer Alfred H. Mendes.
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His father is Trinidadian.
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He was educated at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England.
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Sam Mendes listed his ten favorite films as: The 400 Blows (1959), Blue Velvet (1986), Citizen Kane (1941), Fanny and Alexander (1984), The Godfather Part II (1974), Kes (1969), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Taxi Driver (1976), There Will Be Blood (2007) and Vertigo (1958).
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After leaving school, Sam Mendes spent a year teaching cricket, his passion, at Summer Fields School in Oxford, England.
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Sam Mendes's son, Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes, was born on 22 December 2003 in New York and weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces.
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Sam Mendes is the grandson of the writer Alfred H. Mendes.
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Sam Mendes is the former stepfather of Kate Winslet's daughter Mia.
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Sam Mendes is the former son-in-law of Roger Winslet.
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