Biography
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.
Directed 12
2020s
- 2023
2010s
- 2015
The Outcast
Director
- 2013
- 2012
2000s
- 2008
- 2005
- 2001
Toni Braxton: From Toni with Love... The Video Collection
Director
1990s
- 1997
The Wings of the Dove
Director
- 1995
- 1994
Wrote 3
Produced 2
2000s
- 2005
1990s
- 1995
Acted in 1
2010s
- 2015
The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers
Movie