Daniel-Day Lewis was not in films.
A Room with a View is a 1985 British romance film , directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant , of E. M. Forster 's 1908 novel of the same name . Daniel Day-Lewis . He starred in My Beautiful Laundrette ( 1985 ) , his first critically acclaimed role , and gained further public notice with A Room with a View ( 1985 ) . One of the most acclaimed actors of his generation , Day-Lewis has earned numerous awards , including three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his performances in My Left Foot ( 1989 ) , There Will Be Blood ( 2007 ) and Lincoln ( 2012 ) , making him the only male actor in history to have three wins in the lead actor category and one of only three male actors to win three Oscars . The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1988 American film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Milan Kundera , published in 1984 .