Iain Softley

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Iain 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

The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers

The Wings of the Dove

4 September 1997

Backbeat

1 April 1994

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2015	The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Come and Get Me	Executive Producer
2023	The Shepherd	Director
2023	The Shepherd	Screenplay
2015	Curve	Director
2015	The Outcast	Director
2013	Trap for Cinderella	Director
2013	Trap for Cinderella	Screenplay
2008	Inkheart	Director
2005	The Skeleton Key	Director
2005	The Skeleton Key	Producer
2001	K-PAX	Director
1997	The Wings of the Dove	Director
1995	Hackers	Director
1995	Hackers	Executive Producer
1994	Backbeat	Director
1994	Backbeat	Screenplay