Iain Softley

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor

November 30, 1956 (69 years)
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.

Known For

  • K-PAX
    K-PAX
  • The Skeleton Key
    The Skeleton Key
  • Inkheart
    Inkheart
  • Hackers
    Hackers
  • The Wings of the Dove
    The Wings of the Dove
  • Backbeat
    Backbeat
  • The Shepherd
    The Shepherd
  • Curve
    Curve
  • Trap for Cinderella
    Trap for Cinderella
  • The Outcast
    The Outcast
    2 Episodes
  • Playhouse Presents
    Playhouse Presents
    3 Seasons

Filmography

2008
2005
1995
Hackers · as Executive Producer

2023
2013
Trap for Cinderella · as Screenplay
1994
Backbeat · as Screenplay

1991
Charlie Rose · as Self - Guest