Joe Wright's 'Pride Prejudice' (2005), starring Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen, returns to Indian theatres on July 25.

(L to R) Actors Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley on the set of director Joe Wright's PRIDE & PREJUDICE, a Focus Features re-release of the 2005 classic. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features.

Joe Wright on the set of “Pride & Prejudice” (2005). Austen wasn’t particularly front-of-mind for Wright. “I was reading Charles Bukowski and people like that at the time, William Burrows.

Joe Wright, at the Smile restaurant in Manhattan, says he was attracted to “Darkest Hour” by the humor in the script and the way it humanized British icon Winston Churchill.

Joe Wright has always felt a connection with Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” which has been reinterpreted onstage and in film for decades.

Joe Wright directs “Cyrano”MGM Once Wright had secured cooperation from Bennett, Dinklage, and Schmidt, who agreed to adapt her musical for the screen, he sought a home for the project.

Director Joe Wright went through many of the same emotions as most of us during the early months of the pandemic. Panic and uncertainty. Fear. Boredom and stir-craziness. And, at one point, a deep ...

Filmmaker Joe Wright takes a 180 in the portrayal of World War II prime ministers, pivoting from the wise and measured Winston Churchill in 2017’s Darkest Hour (which delivered a Best Actor ...

Joe Wright is a director who not only sees but conceives his films through their setting and a sense of space. “Drama occurs between people in relation to each other, ...

So what does esteemed director Joe Wright have in common with Steven Spielberg? After a long career behind the camera they both finally made their first musical this year, Spielberg of course with ...

Fortunately, Joe Wright recognized the impact of “Wherever I Fall” and refused to let it be excised from his movie – employing his skills as a director to ensure that the sequence became ...

Filmmaker Joe Wright takes a 180 in the portrayal of World War II prime ministers, pivoting from the wise and measured Winston Churchill in 2017’s Darkest Hour (which delivered a Best Actor ...