Saul Dibb (born 18 August 1968) is an English director and
screenwriter. His father is the documentary maker Mike Dibb.Born in
London, England, Saul Dibb is a graduate of the University of East
Anglia. He is best known for co-writing and directing Bullet Boy, for
which he was nominated for the Douglas Hickox Award, The Line of
Beauty, and The Duchess, which won the Academy Award for Best Costume
in 2009. In 2016, he directed the adaptation for BBC2 of Zadie Smith's
bestselling novel NW into a 90-minute television film of the same
name, starring Nikki Amuka-Bird and Phoebe Fox. Dibb directed a film
adaptation of R. C. Sherriff's 1928 play Journey's End, which was
released in 2017. This has been dubbed "The best ever film about the
Great War" by The Times.
screenwriter. His father is the documentary maker Mike Dibb.Born in
London, England, Saul Dibb is a graduate of the University of East
Anglia. He is best known for co-writing and directing Bullet Boy, for
which he was nominated for the Douglas Hickox Award, The Line of
Beauty, and The Duchess, which won the Academy Award for Best Costume
in 2009. In 2016, he directed the adaptation for BBC2 of Zadie Smith's
bestselling novel NW into a 90-minute television film of the same
name, starring Nikki Amuka-Bird and Phoebe Fox. Dibb directed a film
adaptation of R. C. Sherriff's 1928 play Journey's End, which was
released in 2017. This has been dubbed "The best ever film about the
Great War" by The Times.
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