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
Carmen Chaplin directed one short film, "Tryst in Paname", starring her sister Dolores Chaplin and Bambou Gainsbourg. Carmen Chaplin Carmen Chaplin (born 1972) is a British and French actress and film director. She is the daughter of Michael Chaplin, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin, and great-granddaughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Her mother is the French painter Patricia Betaudier, daughter of Trinidadian artist Patrick Betaudier. She was born 1972 in London, and grew up in France and Spain. She made her film debut in 1991 in Wim Wenders' "Until the End of the World", and has since appeared in several films, such as "My