Rupert Wainwright (born 30 November 1961) is an English film and television director, writer, and actor.
Wainwright was born in the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England and started his film career in the 1980s as an actor. While in his twenties, he gained some notoriety for a short film called Open Window.
Wainwright has directed several feature films, including: Stigmata, Blank Check, The Sadness of Sex and The Fog. Stigmata was rated No. 1 at the box office, while The Fog was rated as one of the worst movies of the 2000s by Rotten Tomatoes.
According to IMDb in October 2010, Wainwright had two films in development, including Waco, a film based on the Waco siege in 1993. It was to star Giovanni Ribisi as David Koresh, as well as Adrien Brody and Kurt Russell. However, as of 2015, it has not been released (although Wainwright's website still mentions it).[1]
Wainwright has directed two TV pilots for CBS and FOX networks, a TV movie for ABC and Warner Bros, and a pilot for History.
He was featured in Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker in February 2010.