Anthony Minghella Jude Law, at Western Gardens, Ryde, Isle of Wight. 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
Magnus Fiennes at The National Film And Television School, Kingston University and The Architect's Association in the UK. Fiennes has written and produced a number of featured songs including the title song for Paramount's "Addicted to Love" (featuring Neneh Cherry), Madonna's "Next Best Thing" and Scala Pictures music business satire, "Five Seconds to Spare". Fiennes has produced tracks for Working Title's Rowan Atkinson vehicle, "Johnny English", and co-wrote the closing Massive Attack song on their score for the Luc Besson film, "Danny the Dog". As a keyboard player, Fiennes toured extensively with legendary blues guitarist Gary Moore in a line-up with Pink