Rupert Wyatt

Rupert Wyatt ( born October 26, 1972 in Exeter) is a British screenwriter and film director.

Life

Wyatt attended the Dragon School in Oxford and Winchester College.

Wyatt is the founder of the film production company Picture Farm, which numerous short films, documentaries and some peculiarities produced, including the award -winning Sundance documentary Dark Days.

As a writer and director Wyatt turned the British prison escape thriller The Escapist (2008), starring Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Dominic Cooper, Joseph Fiennes, Seu Jorge, Steven Mackintosh, and Liam Cunningham. The film was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008. The film was nominated for eight international film awards and won two of them.

In March 2010, he was for the film Planet of the Apes ( Rise of the Planet of the Apes), committed a prequel to Planet of the Apes, as a director. The film was released in the U.S. on August 5, 2011 in the cinemas.

Wyatt lives with his wife, screenwriter Erica Beeney, and his son in Los Angeles.