Anthony Minghella's The English Patient reigned supreme but Hollywood had the last laugh.

BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Oscars 2003

Written and directed by Anthony Minghella, from the novel by Michael Ondaatje, this long and searching movie tangles together a number of stories.

NEWYORKER: The English Patient

The latter, best known for his collaborations with Anthony Minghella, received his prize from the late director's widow Carolyn Choa and French actress Juliette Binoche.

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The writer and director, Anthony Minghella, establishes an unusual, delicately varied mood, and the film moves gracefully from a realistic mode into a fantastic one.

NEWYORKER: Truly, Madly, Deeply

But whereas Sir Alan says British producers must learn to think globally, Anthony Minghella thinks the issue of where a film is financed is largely irrelevant.

BBC: Minghella ready to star for BFI

Gilliam joins a programme that includes the UK premieres of 10 productions and four revivals of recent hits, including Philip Glass's Satyagraha and the late Anthony Minghella's Madam Butterfly.

BBC: Terry Gilliam to return to the English National Opera

In 2005 when Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) asked her to design costumes for his first opera, Madame Butterfly, she accepted, and won accolades when it was performed in London and at the Metropolitan Opera in 2006.

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