Anthony Minghella Anthony Minghella Anthony Minghella, (6 January 195418 March 2008) was a British film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for "The English Patient" (1996). In addition, he received three more Academy Award nominations; he was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for both "The English Patient" (1996) and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), and was posthumously nominated for Best Picture for "The Reader" (2008), as a co-producer. Minghella was born in Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, an
Anthony Minghella had one daughter, Hannah, who worked as a production assistant on "The Talented Mr. Ripley", and was President of Sony Pictures Animation for a time before being named President of Production of Columbia Pictures. Minghella and his first wife eventually divorced. In 1985, Minghella married Hong Kong–born choreographer and dancer Carolyn Jane Choa. They had one son, Max, who is an actor. Minghella's younger brother, Dominic Minghella, is the creator of the popular British television series "Robin Hood" and "Doc Martin", and a scriptwriter. His sister Loretta is Director of Christian Aid, his sister Edana participated in a jazz event