Saul Dibb | |
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| Born | John Saul Dibb 18 August 1968 Barnes, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse | Kira Phillips |
| Children | Rex, Hal and Moe Phillips-Dibb |
| Parent(s) | Elizabeth andMike Dibb |
Saul Dibb (born 18 August 1968)[1] is an English director and screenwriter. His father is the documentary makerMike Dibb.
Born inLondon, England, Saul Dibb is a graduate of theUniversity of East Anglia. He is best known for co-writing and directingBullet Boy, for which he was nominated for the Douglas Hickox Award,[2]The Line of Beauty, andThe Duchess, which won theAcademy Award for Best Costume in 2009. In 2016, he directed the adaptation forBBC2 ofZadie Smith's bestselling novelNW into a 90-minute television film of the same name, starringNikki Amuka-Bird andPhoebe Fox.[3][4] Dibb directed afilm adaptation ofR. C. Sherriff's 1928 playJourney's End, which was released in 2017. This has been dubbed "The best ever film about the Great War" byThe Times.[5]
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