Iain Softley

Iain Softley, born November 30, 1956, is an English film director. He was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing, where he played the part of Thomas a Becket in its 1975 production of T. S. Eliot's play, Murder in the Cathedral, and Queens' College, Cambridge. He is married to producer Sarah Curtis.

His movies include the Beatles film "Backbeat" (1994), "Hackers" (1995), "The Wings of the Dove" (1997), "K-PAX" (2001), and "The Skeleton Key" (2005). Softley will next direct "Inkheart" (2008), which is based on the book of the same name, and has been developing an adaptation of Stephen Gallagher's novel The Boat House for Dimension Films, set in the English Lake District. He previously attempted to film the book in 1999, with Milla Jovovich in the lead role of a haunted and driven Russian emigre.

He also directed Toni Braxton's music video "How Could an Angel Break My Heart".

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