Sam Mendes: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: BBC - This Cultural Life - Sam Mendes. Nov 01, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Paul Newman. Aug 01, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 28, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Director Sam Mendes. Jan 06, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - 'It Was Part of Me': Director Sam Mendes on The Family History in '1917'. Sep 27, 2025
Added cross-reference to Bernadette Peters. Jun 09, 2025
Added a Top Questions section and mentioned that Mendes's grandfather Alfred H. Mendes helped inspire the film 1917 (2019). May 29, 2025
Added the musical The Hills of California. May 01, 2025
Add new Web site: Director's Guild of America - Director Profile - Sam Mendes. Mar 27, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - This Cultural Life - Sam Mendes. Feb 03, 2025
Cross-references added. Jul 03, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 01, 2024
Noted that he won a Tony Award for his direction of The Lehman Trilogy. Jul 06, 2022
Added the play The Lehman Trilogy. May 19, 2022
Add new Web site: All American Entertainment Speakers - Sam Mendes. Aug 30, 2021
Noted that he was knighted. Jan 28, 2021
Noted that he cowrote the screenplay for 1917 and that the film received 10 Oscar nominations. Jan 13, 2020
Noted that he won the Golden Globe for best director for 1917. Jan 07, 2020
Added the film 1917. Dec 16, 2019
Noted that he won a Tony Award for his direction of the play The Ferryman. Jun 10, 2019
Added the Broadway production of The Ferryman. Dec 12, 2018
Article revised and updated. Apr 10, 2018
Add new Web site: Allmovie - Sam Mendes. Sep 12, 2013
Added the movie Skyfall (2012) and an end date (2012) for the Bridge Project. Nov 09, 2012
Added the Bridge Project. Noted his divorce from Kate Winslet. Feb 02, 2012
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Sam Mendes. Jun 30, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Sam Mendes. Jun 30, 2011
Added new movie, Away We Go. Jun 05, 2009
New article added. Jan 19, 2009
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