As Director, As Writer
The Shepherd
2023
6.8
Iain Softley
Acting
Birth Date
November 30, 1956
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Biography
Iain Declan 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 Becket in its 1975 production of T. S. Eliot's play, Murder in the Cathedral, and Queens' College, Cambridge. His movies include the Beatles film Backbeat (1994), Hackers (1995), The Wings of the Dove (1997), K-PAX (2001), The Skeleton Key (2005) and Inkheart (2008). Softley also 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 émigré.
Complete Filmography
As Director
Curve
2015
5.8
As Actor
The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers
2015
10.0
As Director, As Writer
Trap for Cinderella
2013
5.3
As Director
Inkheart
2008
6.3
As Director
The Skeleton Key
2005
6.6
As Director
K-PAX
2001
7.2
As Director
The Wings of the Dove
1997
6.7
As Director
Hackers
1995
6.4
As Director, As Writer
Backbeat
1994
6.1