Iain Softley
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 30, 1956, London, England, UK
- Movies
- 11
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2023 | The Shepherd | Director, Writer |
| 2015 | Curve | Director |
| 2013 | Trap for Cinderella | Director, Screenplay |
| 2008 | Inkheart | Director |
| 2005 | The Skeleton Key | Director, Producer |
| 2001 | K-PAX | Director |
| 2001 | Toni Braxton: From Toni with Love... The Video Collection | Director |
| 1997 | The Wings of the Dove | Director |
| 1995 | Hackers | Director |
| 1994 | Backbeat | Screenplay, Director |
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