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In 2016, Wright directed the acclaimed "Nosedive" episode of the television series Black Mirror, which starred Bryce Dallas Howard in the leading role and earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Wright made his debut in the theatre world in 2013 at the Donmar Warehouse with Trelawny of the 'Wells,' an Arthur Pinero play re-worked by Patrick Marber. This was followed by the critically acclaimed A Season in the Congo at the Young Vic Theatre, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, and most recently, Life of Galileo at the Young Vic Theatre, featuring music by The Chemical Brothers. Wright is a director of Shoebox Films, a London-based film and television production company which, among other work, produced Steven Knight's critically acclaimed and multi-award- winning thriller Locke, starring Tom Hardy. Wright lives in London with his wife, classical sitarist Anoushka Shankar, and their two sons. Wright will be the 13th CAS Filmmaker honoree. Past honorees have been: Jon Favreau, Jay Roach, Richard Linklater, Edward Zwick, Jonathan Demme, Rob Marshall, Taylor Hackford, Henry Selick, Paul Mazursky, Bill Condon, Gil Cates, and Quentin Tarantino. • Wright's second feature Atonement, based on Ian McEwan's novel, stars Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Saoirse Ronan. The film received 13 BAFTA Award nominations, and won for Best Film and Best Production Design; received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and won the Academy Award for Best Original Score; received seven Golden Globe Award nominations, winning awards for Best Picture [Drama] and Best Original Score. Wright next directed The Soloist, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx, followed by the sleeper hit Hanna, with an electro music score by The Chemical Brothers, starring Saoirse Ronan and Cate Blanchett. In 2011, Wright directed Anna Karenina, starring Keira Knightley, Aaron Taylor- Johnson, Jude Law, Domhnall Gleeson, and Alicia Vikander—in her first English- speaking role—from a screenplay penned by Tom Stoppard. The film was nominated for six BAFTA Awards and four Academy Awards, taking home both trophies for Best Costume Design. In 2015, Wright directed Pan, an origin story of the beloved Peter Pan characters, starring Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, and Levi Miller. Pan Joe Wright directing Hanna.