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Iain Softley

Director, Producer, Writer, ActorBorn 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Hackers

Known For

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

Iain Softley Filmography

2008
2005
1995
Hackers · as Executive Producer

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

1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest

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