Jarhead, a 2005 American biographical war drama, was directed by the award-winning auteur Sam Mendes.
Samuel Alexander Mendes , -LRB- born 1 August 1965 -RRB- is an English stage and film director .. He is best known for directing the comedy-drama film American Beauty -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , which earned him the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Director , the crime film Road to Perdition -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , and the James Bond films Skyfall -LRB- 2012 -RRB- and Spectre -LRB- 2015 -RRB- .. American Beauty. American Beauty ( 1999 film ). Academy Award. Academy Award for Best Director. Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Road to Perdition. Road to Perdition. Skyfall. Skyfall. He also is known for dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , Oliver !. Cabaret. Cabaret ( musical ). -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , Company -LRB- 1995 -RRB- , and Gypsy -LRB- 2003 -RRB- .. Company. Company ( musical ). Gypsy. Gypsy : A Musical Fable. He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -LRB- 2013 -RRB- .. West End. West End theatre. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical. In 2000 Mendes was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for `` services to drama '' and in the same year was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg , Germany .. Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Elizabeth II. Elizabeth II. Shakespeare Prize. Shakespeare Prize. Alfred Toepfer Foundation. Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S.. In 2005 , he received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain .. Directors Guild of Great Britain. Directors Guild of Great Britain. In 2008 The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 15 in their list of the `` 100 most powerful people in British culture '' .. The Daily Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph. British culture. Culture of the United Kingdom