Saul Dibb (born 18 August 1968) is an English director and screenwriter. His father is the documentary maker Mike Dibb. Born in

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, England, Saul Dibb is a graduate of the

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. He is best known for co-writing and directing '' Bullet Boy'', for which he was nominated for the Douglas Hickox Award, '' The Line of Beauty'', and '' The Duchess'', which won the

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for Best Costume in 2009. In 2016, he directed the adaptation for

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Zadie Smith Zadie Smith (born Sadie; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, ''White Teeth'' (2000), immediately became a best-seller and won a number of awards. She became a tenured professor in the ...

's bestselling novel '' NW'' into a 90-minute television film of the same name, starring Nikki Amuka-Bird and Phoebe Fox. Dibb directed a

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of R. C. Sherriff's 1928 play '' Journey's End'', which was released in 2017. This has been dubbed "The best ever film about the Great War" by ''

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''.

Filmography

;Film *'' Bullet Boy'' (2004) *'' The Duchess'' (2008) *'' Suite Française'' (2015) *'' Journey's End'' (2017) ;Television *'' The Line of Beauty'' (2006) – 3 episodes *'' NW'' (2016) *'' Dublin Murders'' (2019) – 2 episodes *'' The Salisbury Poisonings'' (2020) – 3 episodes *'' The Sixth Comandment'' (2023) – 4 episodes

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* 1968 births Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia English film directors English screenwriters English male screenwriters {{UK-film-director-stub