Claim: Jarhead, a 2005 American biographical war drama, was directed by the award-winning auteur Sam Mendes.
Evidence: Jarhead is a 2005 American biographical war drama film based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford 's 2003 memoir of the same name , directed by Sam Mendes , starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford with Jamie Foxx , Peter Sarsgaard and Chris Cooper.
He is best known for directing the comedy-drama film American Beauty -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , which earned him the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Director , the crime film Road to Perdition -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , and the James Bond films Skyfall -LRB- 2012 -RRB- and Spectre -LRB- 2015 -RRB-.