Rupert Wyatt (born 26 October 1972 in Exeter) is a British writer and film director.
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Rupert Wyatt (born 26 October 1972 in Exeter) is a British writer and film director.

Biography
Early days
Although some biographies erroneously state he was born in Exeter, Wyatt was actually born in the car on the way to Exeter from Mousehole (pron. mousle), where his family lived at the time of his birth. Like many English children, especially boys, he was sent off to boarding school at the age of 4. Penrod's Academy required the students to speak entirely in Latin during the week and only allowed conversation in English on the weekends. Deemed "remarkably intelligent but stubborn as a mule" by the Penrod headmaster, Wyatt spent his free time making slasher films with the other students and his super 8 camera. Werner Herzog saw one of these early works, "Bloody Mayhem in 3rd Form House" and launched Wyatt's career by recommending him for the prestigious New Moon writing and directing fellowship.
Producing career
Wyatt is the founder of the film collection Picture Farm, which has produced numerous shorts, documentaries and features, including the Sundance Award-winning documentary Dark Days.
Directing career
He is also the writer and director of British prison escape thriller The Escapist (2008), starring Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Dominic Cooper, Joseph Fiennes, Seu Jorge, Steven Mackintosh, and Liam Cunningham. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008, was nominated for eight international film awards, and was the winner of two. In March 2010 he is set to direct Rise of the Apes, a prequel to Planet of the Apes, which is based on a screenplay by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. The shooting will start in July 2010 over Mammoth Studios in Burnaby, British Columbia.
Personal life
He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, screenwriter Erica Beeney, and their son Theodore Alexander Finch Wyatt.
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