Joe Wright, born Joseph Wright in 1972, is a British film and television director known for elegant literary adaptations built around long unbroken tracking shots and compositions drawing on classical painting. His 2005 feature debut, an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, won him the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, and he followed it with Atonement in 2007, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director. His later films include Hanna, Anna Karenina, Darkest Hour and Cyrano. Directing Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, Wright guided Oldman to the Academy Award for Best Actor. He began his career directing television and music videos, including the BAFTA winning television drama Charles II: The Power and the Passion, before moving into feature films.
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Joseph Wright (born 25 August 1972) is an English filmmaker. He began his career directing music videos and television series, before making his feature directorial debut with Pride & Prejudice (2005), based on the Jane Austen novel. His
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