Anthony Minghella

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anthony Minghella, CBE (6 January 1954 – 18 March 2008) was an English 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), which also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Minghella, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly

Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy. Tenor Jonathan Tetelman stars as the callous American naval officer Pinkerton, whose betrayal destroys her. Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong reprises the role of the steadfast maid Suzuki, and baritone Lucas Meachem is the American consul Sharpless. Acclaimed maestro Xian Zhang takes the podium to conduct Anthony Minghella’s vivid production.

Release Date:2024-05-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly

Ever since it opened the 2006–07 season, Anthony Minghella’s striking production of Madama Butterfly has been a Met classic. Drawing inspiration from traditional Japanese theater, Minghella’s staging retells this heartbreaking tale with brilliant stagecraft, bold colors, and bunraku puppetry. In this Live in HD performance from the fall of 2019, Chinese soprano Hui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the young geisha who puts her trust in a visiting American naval officer, only to later be abandoned by him. In a feat of operatic heroics, tenor Bruce Sledge appears as the callous Pinkterton, stepping into the role on short notice to replace an ailing colleague. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts one of opera’s most tragic masterpieces, leading a cast that also includes mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as Cio-Cio-San’s loyal companion, Suzuki, and Tony Award–winning baritone Paulo Szot as the U.S. consul Sharpless.

Release Date:2019-11-09

Department:Art

Job:Production Design

The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production enhances Puccini’s drama of unfortunate, doomed love. Soprano Kristine Opolais brings all of her passionate commitment to her portrayal of Cio-Cio-San, the teenage geisha who gives up everything for Lt. Pinkerton. Roberto Alagna is the American naval officer who does not understand the depth of Cio-Cio-San’s love, and whose subsequent marriage to an American woman precipitates Butterfly’s suicide. Maria Zifchak is Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San’s faithful servant, and Dwayne Croft plays the American consul Sharpless, who tries to avert the tragedy. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.

Release Date:2016-04-02

Department:Art

Job:Production Design

Vote Count:1

Silver Linings Playbook

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in a institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets a woman, who offers to help him reconnect with his wife, if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

Release Date:2012-11-16

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:12069

Margaret

A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives.

Release Date:2011-09-30

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:298

Nine

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.

Release Date:2009-12-03

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:598

Remembrance

Former singer Isabelle visits a hotel on the Upper East Side. She is not satisfied with the room she has been given and is taken to another room one floor up by the clerk Jacob. He is the son of the owner Bellhop.

Release Date:2009-09-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

The adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts Botswana's first female-owned detective agency.

Release Date:2009-03-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:25

The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly

Anthony Minghella’s stunning production of Puccini’s opera opened the Met’s 2006–07 season and was seen by thousands of people around the world as part of the company’s Live in HD series. Patricia Racette is Cio-Cio-San, the trusting and innocent young geisha of the title, who disastrously falls in love with American Navy lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton (Marcello Giordani), only to be abandoned by him. Maria Zifchak is her loyal servant Suzuki and Dwayne Croft is Sharpless, the sympathetic American consul who does all he can but is unable to avert tragedy. Performance Date Mar 7, 2009

Release Date:2009-03-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

The Reader

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

Release Date:2008-12-10

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:3146

New York, I Love You

New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.

Release Date:2008-09-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:540

Love You More

Two teenagers are drawn together by the Buzzcocks' single 'Love You More' during the summer of 1978.

Release Date:2008-02-05

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:14

Michael Clayton

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.

Release Date:2007-09-28

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:1767

Atonement

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

Release Date:2007-02-27

Character:Interviewer

Vote Count:4284

Breaking and Entering

Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape architect and Amira, a Bosnian woman – the mother of a troubled teen son – who was widowed by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Release Date:2006-12-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:237

Catch a Fire

The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.

Release Date:2006-10-27

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:129

In Rehearsal: A New Butterfly for the Met

Late Academy Award–winning director Anthony Minghella made his Met debut on Opening Night of the 2006–07 season, with a now-classic staging of Puccini’s perennial heartbreaker Madama Butterfly. This documentary follows the production’s creation—from the Met’s subterranean rehearsal rooms to the main stage and on to the premiere—as Minghella worked with the opera’s stars, soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domâs as Cio-Cio-San and tenor Marcello Giordani as Pinkerton.

Release Date:2006-09-25

The Interpreter

After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.

Release Date:2005-04-08

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:1450

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

Release Date:2004-10-12

Character:Self

Vote Count:105

Cold Mountain

In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.

Release Date:2003-12-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1806

The Quiet American

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.

Release Date:2002-11-22

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:302

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.

Release Date:2002-06-11

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Heaven

Cate Blanchett stars as Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, who has seen many friends, including her husband, fall victim to drug overdoses. Philippa has repeatedly contacted the police with information about Turin's biggest drug dealer but, complicit in his dealings, they have completely ignored her. So Philippa decides to dole out her own form of justice with a homemade bomb -- setting her off on a journey from young widow to fugitive on the run.

Release Date:2002-02-06

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:257

Iris

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Release Date:2001-12-14

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:196

Play

The land is filled with people in urns chattering at top speed, but only to themselves, not to one another. The focus goes to three people: a man, his mistress and his wife.

Release Date:2001-07-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:17

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

A look inside the making of 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'.

Release Date:2000-06-27

Character:Self

Vote Count:5

Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'

The stars of director of the film reflect upon their experiences.

Release Date:2000-01-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

Release Date:1999-12-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3800

The Talented Mr. Ripley: Making the Soundtrack

Making the soundtrack of the hit film.

Release Date:1999-01-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:3

The Directors

Documentary biography series featuring profiles of various famous film directors.

Release Date:1999-01-01

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:8

Welcome to Hollywood

A film director decides to chart the course of a young actor as he tries to make it in Hollywood...

Release Date:1998-10-01

Character:Anthony Minghella

Vote Count:10

The English Patient

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.

Release Date:1996-11-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2210

Mr. Wonderful

Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wife a new husband so he can stop paying alimony.

Release Date:1993-10-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:42

Truly Madly Deeply

Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good as it used to be – hey, even the rats that infested her house have disappeared. But Jamie starts bringing ghostly friends home and behaving more and more oddly.

Release Date:1991-05-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:102

Living with Dinosaurs

A socially awkward young English boy deals with his fears about his unemployed artist father, his pregnant mother, and his asthma, with the help of his favorite doll, a stuffed dinosaur named Dog.

Release Date:1990-12-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2

The Jim Henson Hour

The Jim Henson Hour was developed as a showcase for the Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the popular Muppet characters. This hour-long anthology series was hosted by Jim Henson and generally included two segments. The first segment,"Muppetelevision," included comedy skits starring the Muppets, as well as frequent guest appearances by popular entertainers. The second segment often featured rebroadcasts of original, Henson-created productions, such as episodes from Jim Henson's "The StoryTeller" anthology series.

Release Date:1989-04-14

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:7

The Storyteller

The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.

Release Date:1988-05-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:9

Vote Count:218

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.

Release Date:1987-01-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:125

Boon

Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV. It revolved around the life of a modern-day Lone Ranger and ex-firefighter, Ken Boon.

Release Date:1986-01-14

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:13

Maybury

The first United Kingdom television series to be set in the psychiatric unit of a hospital.

Release Date:1981-05-12

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:5

Grange Hill

Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.

Release Date:1978-02-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:24

A Little Like Drowning

The story of two marriages. One, Italian, told by an old lady to her grandson. The other, Italian Scots, the old lady's, told in the present, and via a series of flashbacks.

Release Date:1978-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Eduardo

Vote Count:1

The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Release Date:1953-03-19

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:65