Richard Attenborough attempting to get the project made for 18 years. He directed the screen version of the musical "A Chorus Line" (1985) and the anti-apartheid drama "Cry Freedom" (1987). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director for both films. His later films as director and producer include "Chaplin" (1992) starring Robert Downey Jr., as Charlie Chaplin and "Shadowlands" (1993), based on the relationship between C. S. Lewis and Joy Gresham (the star of the latter was Anthony Hopkins, who had appeared in four previous films for Attenborough: "Young Winston", "A Bridge Too Far", "Magic" and "Chaplin"). Between
Tom Attenborough Tom Attenborough Tom Attenborough (born 13 October 1986) is an English theatre director. He is the son of theatre director Michael Attenborough and the grandson of the late film actor and director Richard Attenborough. Born in October 1986, the first of two boys (His younger brother Will followed in 1991.) for Michael Attenborough and Karen, his wife. Attenborough grew up in London and attended St Paul's School. He then went to Trinity College, Cambridge to study English Literature. He graduated in 2009 and became Artistic Director of Rhapsody of Words Productions in 2010. In 2011 he won a runner-up prize