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
Max Minghella (2012). The following year, he had a supporting role as Graham Hawtrey in the comedy "The Internship". In November 2013, it was announced that Minghella would be playing Richie Castellano in the second season of the Fox sitcom "The Mindy Project". In 2013, he appeared in the music video for "Shot at the Night" by The Killers. In January 2017, it was announced that Minghella would be making his directorial debut with "Teen Spirit", a film he will direct from his own screenplay. Max Minghella Max Giorgio Choa Minghella (born 16 September 1985) is an English actor and screenwriter. He