Chris Menges (Director ) was born in England, United Kingdom on a Sunday, September 15, 1940 🎈. Chris Menges is 84 years old. He is a Virgo ♍ and was born in the Year of the Dragon 🐉.
Known for his Academy Award-winning work on both the 1984 film The Killing Fields and the 1986 movie The Mission, this British cinematographer also served as Director of Photography on films such as Local Hero (for which he earned a 1983 BAFTA nomination) and The Boxer.
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| FULL NAME: | Chris Menges |
| BIRTH DATE: | September 15, 1940 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | England, United Kingdom |
| AGE: | 84 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | British |
| ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
| ZODIAC: | Virgo |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Dragon |
About
Chris Menges is a Director. Chris was born in the 1940s, in the middle of the Silent Generation generation. Silent Generation are individuals born between 1925 and 1945. This generation is known for Jazz, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Malcolm X, Gone With The Wind, Mickey Mouse, Andy Warhol, Clint Eastwood, Bob Dylan. The Silent Generation has experienced critical historical events, including the Korean War, The Cold War, the McCarthy Hearings, and the Space Race.
He grew up in Kington, Herefordshire, England, as the son of the renowned composer and orchestral conductor Herbert Menges. Find out who is Chris Menges dating right now.
During the 1960s, he operated the camera for several Adrian Cowell-directed documentary films. He made his debut as Director of Photography on the 1969 film Kes.
DID YOU KNOW A director as well as a cinematographer, he worked in the former capacity on such 1980s and 1990s films as A World Apart, The Lost Son, and Second Best.
FACT He directed Goldie Hawn and Steve Buscemi in the 1992 feature CrissCross.
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Birthday
Currently, Chris Menges is 84 years old. His next birthday is away. Chris will celebrate his 85th birthday on a Sunday, September 15th. He shares a birthday with everyone who was born on September 15, 1940. Below is the countdown to his upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Chris Menges’s zodiac sign is Virgo. People born between the dates of August 23rd and September 22nd belong to the sixth sign of the zodiac, Virgo. Virgos are known for being humble, practical, and systematic in their approach to life. Cancer is the most compatible sign for Virgos.
Famous Virgo celebrities are Beyonce, Prince Harry, Cameron Diaz, Salma Hayek, Chris Pine, Jennifer Judson, Bernie Sanders, and Agatha Christie. Virgo ruling planet is Mercury. Astrologically, Mercury symbolizes communication. It is the closest planet planet to the sun.
Chris Menges was born in the Year of the Dragon. The dragon represents good luck, strength, and health in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Dragon are courageous, intelligent, natural born leaders, charismatic, and lucky. They can also sometimes be impetuous, inflexible, and brash.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Chris Menges is a 84 years old Director, born in September, in the Year of the Dragon (1940), and is a Virgo. His life path number is 11. Chris’s birthstone is Sapphire, and his birth flower is Aster/Myosotis. You may also check out all famous birthdays in September or specifically birthdays on September 15.
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