Roland Joffé (born November 17, 1945) is a British film director who started out directing television.

His first movie The Killing Fields (1984) won him an Academy Award nomination for best director. He has worked closely with producer David Puttnam on both The Killing Fields and The Mission. In 1993 he produced and partially directed a big budget adaptation of the video game Super Mario Bros. The film struggled to make back its budget.

Filmography

As director:

• The Killing Fields (1984)
• The Mission (1986)
• Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
• City of Joy (1992)
• Super Mario Bros (uncredited, 1993)
• The Scarlet Letter (1995)
• Goodbye, Lover (1999)
• Vatel (about François Vatel) (2000)

External links

• Roland Joffé (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423646/) at the Internet Movie Database

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