Joe Wright Movies
London-born filmmaker
Joe Wright got his professional start helming several television projects for the BBC before directing his breakthrough film, 2005's
Pride and Prejudice. Based on the classic
Jane Austen book of the same name, it earned
Wright the Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer at the 2006 BAFTAs. In 2007, he followed
Pride and Prejudice up with an adaptation of
Ian McEwan's acclaimed novel Atonement. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi