Anthony Minghella.

Anthony Minghella, born January 6th, 1954, and passed away in 2008, was the son of apparent immigrants, who where born in italy, who owned an ice-cream factory on the Isle of Wight. He and his two siblings grew up there, before he left to study at the University of Hull. He took on the position as a university lecturer, but eventually quit to focus full time on his one true love, the theater and songwriting. He oversaw the music in many of his own movies. He got his first piece of success in the acclaimed british tv series named 'Maybury' which was aired in 1981, and later in the highly successful 'Insepctor Morse' which started in 1987 and is still running today. He even served as a Script writing for the British TV series 'Grange Hill' which also began in 1978. He went on to become the Most Promising Playwright of the year a,d two years later, his drama "Made in Bangkok" won in the 'London Theatre Critics' Award for best play.

He was best known for his film 'The English Patient' which came out in 1996, which won nine Oscars, including Best picture and best director.