Michael Mayer
Born: 1961
Where: USA
The established theatre director made his feature debut with the acclaimed drama A Home At The End of the World with Colin Farrell.
His hit musical Thoroughly Modern Millie won six Tony Awards and his other Broadway credits include Side Man and. The Lion in Winter.
His revival of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, starring Anthony LaPaglia and Brittany Murphy, also landed a Tony Award.
"In the 1950s you couldn't acknowledge homophobia because there wasn't anything else going on in the culture. The difference now is that we're more visible."
Mayer also directed a critically-acclaimed national tour of Tony Kushner's Angels in America.
