Film and Media Atlas

How Stories Are Broadcast
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Figure

Rupert Wyatt

Directors and Filmmakers

Rupert Wyatt is an English filmmaker, born in 1972 near Winchester in Hampshire and educated at the Dragon School and Winchester College. He founded the film collective Picture Farm, which has produced shorts, documentaries and features, among them the Sundance-winning documentary Dark Days. He made his directing debut with the prison escape thriller The Escapist in 2008, which premiered at Sundance, and then directed the 2011 reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which grossed more than 481 million dollars worldwide. His later work includes The Gambler, Captive State, the first episodes of the television series The Mosquito Coast, and the animated feature The Sunrise File.

Facts
Birth Year
1972 1
Connections

Associated With

Film, Media Forms
Source Rupert Wyatt (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Rupert Wyatt (Wikipedia)Lead sentence
Quote, Lead sentence
Rupert Wyatt (born 26 October 1972) is an English filmmaker.
Sources
1. Rupert Wyatt (Wikipedia)
  • Lead sentence
    Rupert Wyatt (born 26 October 1972) is an English filmmaker.
  • Associated With: Film, Lead and career sections
    He made his directorial debut with the 2008 film The Escapist, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.