Rowan Marc Joffé (born 1973) is a British

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and director. He is the son of director

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and actress

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, and half-brother of actress

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. Joffé began writing plays in university and was eventually awarded a Cameron Mackintosh bursary. Joffé's first two screenwriting projects (''Last Resort'' and ''Gas Attack'') both won the Best New British Feature Award at the

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. His 2003 television drama ''Turkish Delight'', about a bored housewife who starts a new job belly dancing, won the Royal television Society's Best Drama Award (Midland). He directed '' The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall'' which won the Best Single Drama Award at the 2009

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. In 2009, Joffé directed his first

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, his own adaptation of the novel '' Brighton Rock'' which relocates the action to the 1960s. In 2010, Joffé wrote a screenplay based on the novel ''A Very Private Gentleman'' by

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. It was directed by

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with

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in the leading role, and was eventually released under the title The American (film). Joffé's next project as director was an

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of the S.J. Watson novel ''

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'', with

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in the lead. Joffé also wrote the screenplay adaptation. In 2017, '' Tin Star'', for which Joffé serves as creator and producer, debuted on Sky Atlantic. The series, starring Tim Roth, was picked up by Amazon streaming service for distribution in the United States.

Filmography

Feature films TV movies TV series

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* 1973 births Living people British male screenwriters British television writers British television directors Film directors from London Alumni of the University of Oxford Date of birth missing (living people) Writers from London British male television writers People educated at Sussex House School {{UK-film-director-stub