Roland Joffé is an English film director who started out directing television. His early TV credits included episodes of "Coronation Street". He gained a reputation for hard hitting political stories with the series "Bill Brand" and factual dramas for "Play for Today". His first two feature films ("The Killing Fields", 1984, and "The Mission", 1986) each garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Wikipedia
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