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Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella
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Born (1954-01-06)6 January 1954
Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Died 18 March 2008(2008-03-18) (aged 54)
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Cause of death Haemorrhage
Alma mater University of Hull
Occupation director, producer, screenwriter, actor
Years active 1981–2008
Spouse(s) Yvonne Miller
(divorced, 1 daughter)
Carolyn Choa
(1985–2008, 1 son)
Children Hannah
Max
Parent(s) Edoardo Minghella
Gloria Arcari

Anthony Minghella, CBE (6 January 1954 – 18 March 2008) was a British film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007.

He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The English Patient (1996). In addition, he received three more Academy Award nominations; he was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for both The English Patient (1996) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and was posthumously nominated for Best Picture for The Reader (2008), as a co-producer.

Minghella was born in Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England that is a popular holiday resort. His family are well-known on the Island, where they have run an eponymous business making and selling Italian-style ice cream since the 1950s. His parents were Edoardo Minghella (an Italian immigrant) and Leeds-born Gloria Alberta (née Arcari). His mother's ancestors originally came from Valvori, a small village in the Lazio region of central Italy.

One of five children, Minghella attended St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ryde; Sandown Grammar School and St John's College, Portsmouth. Early interests suggested a possible career as a musician, with Mingella playing keyboards with local bands Earthlight and Dancer. The latter recorded an album Tales of the Riverbank in 1972 although it was not released until 2001. He attended the University of Hull, studying Drama. After several years of teaching at the same university (Samuel Beckett and medieval theatre), he abandoned his pursuit of a PhD to work for the BBC.


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