Roland Joffé

Roland Joffé earns a lot of respect from me on the strength of two films alone. The Killing Fields and The Mission are the kind of ambitious, morally serious epics Hollywood rarely greenlights anymore, and both pulled him Best Director Oscar nominations while The Mission took the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1986. That's an extraordinary opening run for any director. His later work didn't always reach those heights, but I think it's unfair to judge a filmmaker only by his peaks. Anyone willing to wrestle with genocide and colonial guilt on that scale deserves credit for aiming high. Those two films remain essential viewing for me.

Name (English)

Roland Joffé

Name (Japanese)

ローランド・ジョフィ

Reading

ろーらんど・じょふぃ

Born

November 17, 1945 (age 80)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

film director / film producer / screenwriter / television director / director

Motto

Private

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Tags

• film director
• film producer
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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