Director Sam Mendes on his BAFTA-nominated first film (!) American Beauty, helming Bond (and ignoring the hype) and why new directors should just "get out there and do it."

Sam Mendes is one of the UK’s most commercially successful and critically acclaimed film directors. His film projects have won 10 BAFTAs, including the award for Outstanding British Film in 2013, eight Oscars and five Golden Globes.

A renowned theatre director, Mendes made his cinematic directorial debut with American Beauty, which received a total of 14 BAFTA nominations and won six, including Best Film, Actor in a Leading Role for Kevin Spacey and Actress in a Leading Role for Annette Bening. In 2002, Mendes’ second film Road to Perdition won two BAFTAs and received six Oscar nominations, while Revolutionary Road, directed by Mendes in 2008, received four BAFTA and three Oscar nominations.

In 2010 Mendes took over the helm of the James Bond franchise, directing Daniel Craig in Skyfall and Spectre. 2012’s Skyfall grossed over $1 billion worldwide and won numerous awards, including a BAFTA for Outstanding British Film. It currently holds the record for the most commercially successful film of all time in the UK. And 2015's Spectre

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