An English director adept in adapting literary drama and giving it a breathtaking, cinematic pulse – made all the more surprising because of his battle with dyslexia in his youth – Joe Wright broke out of British television with his critically acclaimed and award nominated take on the Jane Austen classic, "Pride and Prejudice" (2005). Praised for his insistence on a sense of movement and realism in a genre long considered stuffy and reserved, Wright continued his success in adapting period source material with "Atonement" (2007), a sweeping epic based on the award-winning novel by British
Directed first short "Crocodile Snap," about a woman's bid to escape her violent husband
2002
First television series, "Nature Boy"
2003
Helmed the TV drama "Charles II: The Power & the Passion" (aired in the US as "The Last King")
2005
Made feature directing debut with "Pride and Prejudice," an adaptation of the Jane Austen classic; starred Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director
2007
Re-teamed with Knightley to direct an adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel "Atonement"
