Joe Wright
Joe Wright
Joe Wrightis an English film director known for the romance film Pride & Prejudice, the romantic drama war film Atonement, the action thriller Hanna, and his 2012 adaptation of the classic Anna Karenina. His most recent film, Pan, is a Peter Pan origin story...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth25 August 1972
mean kids thinking
I think Pan is a superhero movie; I mean, the kid flies in the end.
world feels
I feel more in touch with the world when I'm filming.
ironic fairytale happy-endings
I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there's nothing happy about most fairytale endings.
dwelling literature modern
Modern, not bottom-dwelling literature like a carp.
ideas comfort comfort-zone
I like the idea of doing something outside my comfort zone.
knows
I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work.
father together born
My father was 65 when I was born so we didn't have much time together.
choices feelings intuition
Most of my choices come about through some kind of intuition or instinct, and if I need to, I'll post-rationalize them, intellectually, afterwards. But generally, they come about just by feeling.
sweet dark sides
Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad.
jobs creating people
I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.
writing thinking cinema
I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema.
change helps
It's really important that (Lizzy) doesn't change him, ... She helps him become more of himself.
people lucky hard
I worked hard, but I was lucky the right people happened to see my work.
past years lucky
I've been lucky over the past few years. Things have just happened for me.