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John Madden is best known for directing Shakespeare in Love (1998), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 71st Academy Awards ceremony. The film earned thirteen nominations and won seven Academy Awards in total.
John Madden was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. He was educated at Clifton College in Bristol and graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.
John Madden was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Shakespeare in Love but did not win. He lost to Steven Spielberg, who directed Saving Private Ryan.
Between 1981 and 1996, Madden directed BBC and NPR radio adaptations of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1981), The Empire Strikes Back (1983), and Return of the Jedi (1996). All three were scripted for radio by Brian Daley.
Madden directed episodes of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (ITV, 1984-1994) and Inspector Morse (1990-1995), as well as Prime Suspect 4 with Helen Mirren. His television film The Widowmaker won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama in 1991.
Since Shakespeare in Love, Madden has directed Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), Proof (2005), Killshot (2008), The Debt (2010), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), Miss Sloane (2016), and Operation Mincemeat (2022).