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Fletcher made his directorial debut with Wild Bill (2011), and also directed Sunshine on Leith (2013) and Eddie the Eagle (2015). He replaced Bryan Singer as director of Bohemian Rhapsody, a biopic about the band Queen, released in October 2018; due to DGA rules, he received executive producer credit.
Dec 21, 2019 · When Vaughn and director Guy Ritchie started casting it, Fletcher was used as “the person other people read against, and eventually I was in the film”.
Sep 28, 2013 · They prompted Dexter Fletcher to become a director. “I ended up acting in a couple of really bad horror films a few years back,” recalls Fletcher.
Although Bryan Singer remains the sole credited director, Fletcher was brought in to finish directing Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) after Singer was fired for his on-set behavior. Married his wife twice. Once in England, where Alan Rickman was his best man and, again, in Lithuania, where Eric Stoltz was his best man.
- January 31, 1966
Jun 16, 2022 · Dexter Fletcher went from child actor in Bugsy Malone to the director of Rocketman and The Offer. Discover his inspirational story.
Apr 26, 2019 · A child star at nine, addicted to drugs and sleeping in cars at 27 – the path of fame was a treacherous one for Dexter Fletcher. Now he’s put his past behind him as a film director, bringing...
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Two-time BAFTA-nominated director Dexter Fletcher is an English actor-turned-filmmaker whose movies and TV work include the Academy Award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman. Fletcher started his career in front of the camera at the age of 6; three years later he played "Baby Face" in Alan Parker's Bugsy Malone.
