Rufus Norris is a multi-award winning theater director who came to prominence in 2001 with his production of Afore Night Came at the Young Vic, for which he won the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Newcomer. In 2004 he won his second Evening Standard Award and the Critics Circle Award for his production of Festen at the Almeida Theater, transferring to the West End and Broadway.
Since then, Rufus has directed a host of critically acclaimed shows, among them an adaptation of DCB Pierre's Booker Prize-winning novel Vernon God Little at the Young Vic, and a West End revival of Cabaret, which won 2 Oliviers. Rufus' 2008 Broadway production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, starring Laura Linney and Ben Daniels, won five Tony Award nominations, including Best Revival. His production of London Road in 2011 at the National Theater, where he is an Associate Director, recently won the Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical. Upcoming productions include Dr Dee, with Damon Albarn, at the ENO, as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
In 2009, Rufus made his screen debut with the short film KING BASTARD, written by Tanya Ronder and produced by BBC Films. BROKEN is his first feature film.
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