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Pride and Prejudice (2005) | Joe Wright

Pride and Prejudice (2005) | Joe Wright

 

Based on the novel by Jane Austen, sparks fly when heroine Elizabeth Bennet meets rich suitor Mr Darcy.  Starring Keira Knightley and Matthew McFadyen.

Raised in his parents’ puppet theatre and having left school with no qualifications, Joe Wright’s historical television drama Charles II: the Power and the Passion (2003) won a BAFTA for Best Drama Serial.  After his win for Pride and Prejudice, Wright’s next film, Atonement (2007), was lavished with seven Oscar nominations, as well as BAFTA nominations for Best Director and Best British Film.