Iain Softley
Directing
- Born
- November 30, 1956 (age 69) · London, England, UK
Iain Declan Softley (born November 30, 1956) is an English film director. He was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing, where he played the part of Thomas Becket in its 1975 production of T. S. Eliot's play, Murder in the Cathedral, and Queens' College, Cambridge. His movies include the Beatles film Backbeat (1994), Hackers (1995), The Wings of the Dove (1997), K-PAX (2001), The Skeleton Key (2005) and Inkheart (2008). Softley also has been developing an adaptation of Stephen Gallagher's novel The Boat House for Dimension Films, set in the English Lake District. He previously attempted to film the book in 1999, with Milla Jovovich in the lead role of a haunted and driven Russian émigré.
Known for
K-PAX
October 26, 2001
The Skeleton Key
July 29, 2005
Inkheart
December 11, 2008
Hackers
September 14, 1995
Curve
August 31, 2015
The Shepherd
August 10, 2023
The Wings of the Dove
September 4, 1997
Backbeat
April 1, 1994
Trap for Cinderella
July 12, 2013
Toni Braxton: From Toni with Love... The Video Collection
June 17, 2001
Behind the camera11
- 2023The Shepherd Director, Writer
- 2015Curve Director
- 2013Trap for Cinderella Screenplay, Director
- 2008Inkheart Director
- 2005The Skeleton Key Director, Producer
- 2001K-PAX Director
- 2001Toni Braxton: From Toni with Love... The Video Collection Director
- 1997The Wings of the Dove Director
- 1995Hackers Director, Executive Producer
- 1994Backbeat