John MaddenFilmography

Born:: April 8, 1949 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Occupation:: Director
Biography:: Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, in 1949, director John Madden (not to be confused with the American sports commentator of the same name) enjoyed a successful career in television and theater before moving into feature films. Madden's resumé as a stage director includes prestigious work in...Read More

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My Fair Lady

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A beloved musical comes back to life with this Columbia Pictures' production, once again telling the tale of Cockney girl-turned-aristocrat Eliza Doolittle, famously portrayed by Audrey Hepburn in George Cukor's 1964 production. John Madden is handling directing duties, while Duncan Kenworthy and Cameron Mackintosh Read More

1/1/11
Killshot

Crew: Director, Executive Producer, Producer

Actors: Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson

Synopsis: Prime Suspect 4 and Inspector Morse director John Madden comes back to the world of crime after a brief foray into romance with Shakespeare in Love and Captain Corelli's Mandolin with this adaptation of pulp icon Elmore Leonard's novel concerning a real estate agent and her husband (Thomas Jane) Read More

1/23/09
The Debt

Crew: Director

Actors: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington

Synopsis: Helen Mirren stars as an ex-Mossad agent forced to track down a Nazi war criminal before her retirement in the English-language redo of Assaf Bernstein's 2007 Israeli thriller, Ha-Hov. John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) directs from a script by Stardust screenwriters Matthew Vaughn and Jane Read More

1/1/09
Proof

Crew: Director

Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hope Davis, Anthony Hopkins

Synopsis: A woman struggles to come to terms with the potentially dangerous legacy of her late father in this drama based on the award-winning stage play by David Auburn. Catherine (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant Read More

9/16/05
Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Crew: Director

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, David Morrissey

Synopsis: Louis de Bernières' best-selling novel of love during wartime is brought to the screen in this story that blends comedy, action, and romance. In 1940, war rages throughout Europe, but the fighting has yet to arrive on the Greek island of Cephallonia, where life continues to follow its own slow Read More

8/17/01
The Last Morse

2000
Shakespeare in Love

Crew: Director

Actors: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench

Synopsis: William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is on a cold streak. Not only is he writing for Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush), owner of "The Rose," a theatre whose doors are about to be closed by sadistic creditors, but he's got a nasty case of writer's block. Shakespeare hasn't written a hit in years. In Read More

12/11/98
Mrs. Brown

Crew: Director

Actors: Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, David Westhead, Gerard Butler

Synopsis: The ruler of England discovers the value of common friendship in this historical drama. After the death of her husband Prince Albert, Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) is despondent, and she remains in mourning for two years after Albert's passing. When one of her servants suggests that a daily ride on Read More

1997
Prime Suspect 4

Crew: Director

Actors: David Phelan, Philada Sewell, Helen Mirren, Glen Berry, Beatie Edney, Scott Neal, Stuart Wilson

Synopsis: For the fourth installment of the BBC crime series Prime Suspect, the producers experimented with the show's format. Instead of following police detective Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) through a single murder investigation over the course of four hours, Prime Suspect 4 includes three 90-minute Read More

1995
Golden Gate

Crew: Director

Actors: Matt Dillon, Joan Chen, Bruno Kirby, Teri Polo, Tzi Ma

Synopsis: Playwright David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) wrote this ambitious epic that attempts to examine the communist witch hunts of the 1950s, racial prejudice, abuse of governmental powers, guilt, and suicide. The film begins in 1952 as an eager young FBI recruit, Kevin Walker (Matt Dillon), finds Read More

1994
Promised Land

Crew: Director

Actors: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Con O'Neill, Rhondda Findleton, John Jarratt

Synopsis: In this made-for-British-TV mystery, Inspector Morse and his sidekick Lewis fly Down Under to locate a key witness against a gang of burglars. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1993
Ethan Frome

Crew: Director

Actors: Liam Neeson, Patricia Arquette, Joan Allen, Tate Donovan, Katharine Houghton

Synopsis: Ethan Frome is an adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1911 novella . Set in Massachusetts in the late-19th century, the film relates the sad story of reclusive farmer Ethan Frome (Liam Neeson). Considering himself too homely for romance, he enters into a loveless marriage with the wealthy but spiteful Read More

1992
Prime Suspect [TV Series]

Crew: Director

Actors: Helen Mirren, John Benfield, John McArdle, Tom Bell, Colin Salmon

Synopsis: Created by Lynda La Plante, the sporadically broadcast British TV series Prime Suspect succeeded in bestowing international stardom upon actress Helen Mirren. Set in London, the series dealt with female homicide detective Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren), who did her best to do her job in the face of Read More

1991
After the War

Crew: Director

Actors: Susannah York, Denis Quilley, Patrick Malahide

Synopsis: John Madden's sweeping drama After the War tells the tale of a quarter-century relationship between two men who share a similar wartime experience and a similar religious background. Michael Jordan grew up in a well-heeled British family, while Joe Hirsch spent much of his childhood on the run Read More

1989
The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Priory School

Crew: Director

Actors: Jeremy Brett, David Burke

Synopsis: Originally broadcast on British television in 1986, the series The Return of Sherlock Holmes is directed by filmmaker John Madden and stars Jeremy Brett as the titular detective. In this adventure, "The Priory School," Holmes discovers a missing teacher while investigating the kidnapping of Lord Read More

1986
Grown Ups

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Adapted from the play by Jules Feiffer, Grown Ups was produced for cable television. A pre-talkshow Charles Grodin plays the Feifferesque central character, a writer facing a mid-life crisis. He turns to his family for support, but, to put it mildly, they're no help at all. Feiffer is a writer of Read More

1986