Sam Mendes is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning film American Beauty (1999) and the James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015). Mendes has also directed several stage productions, including the original production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013) and the critically acclaimed revival of Cabaret (1993). He is currently directing the upcoming World War I epic 1917 (2019).