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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.

Inkheart ( 2008) | IMDb: 6.1

Adventure , Family , Fantasy

The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.

Starring:

Brendan Fraser , Sienna Guillory , Andy Serkis , Eliza Bennett , Paul Bettany , Jim Broadbent

Directed by:

Sharon Mansfield , Iain Softley , Aminta Townshend

Produced by:

Barry Mendel , John Hubbard , Cornelia Funke

The Skeleton Key ( 2005) | IMDb: 6.5

Drama , Horror , Mystery , Thriller

A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

Starring:

Kate Hudson , Gena Rowlands , Peter Sarsgaard , John Hurt , Joy Bryant , Marion Zinser

Directed by:

Elizabeth Ludwick-Bax , Iain Softley , Gary Marcus

Produced by:

Gary R. Wordham , Ted M. Davila , Clayton Townsend

K-PAX ( 2001) | IMDb: 7.4

Drama , Mystery , Science fiction

Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.

Starring:

Jeff Bridges , Kevin Spacey , Mary McCormack , Alfre Woodard , Ajay Naidu , Vincent Laresca

Directed by:

Scott Robertson , Peter Kohn , Karen Golden

Produced by:

Diane Ward , Lawrence Gordon , Gene Brewer

Hackers ( 1995) | IMDb: 6.2

Action , Crime , Drama , Thriller

Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.

Starring:

Jonny Lee Miller , Angelina Jolie , Jesse Bradford , Matthew Lillard , Renoly Santiago , Fisher Stevens

Directed by:

Iain Softley , Diana Dill

Produced by:

Ralph Winter , Dianne Crittenden , Janet Graham

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Biography