An Education

An Education
An Education
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lone Scherfig
Screenplay by	Nick Hornby
Based on	An Education; by Lynn Barber
Produced by	Finola Dwyer; Amanda Posey;
Starring	Peter Sarsgaard; Alfred Molina; Rosamund Pike; Dominic Cooper; Olivia Williams; Emma Thompson; Carey Mulligan;
Cinematography	John de Borman
Edited by	Barney Pilling
Music by	Paul Englishby
Production; companies	Endgame Entertainment; BBC Films; Wildgaze Films; Finola Dwyer Productions; Mittal Productions;
Distributed by	E1 Entertainment (United Kingdom; through Contender Films); Sony Pictures Classics (United States);
Release dates	18 January 2009 (Sundance); 30 October 2009 (United Kingdom); 5 February 2010 (United States);
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$7.5 million
Box office	$26.1 million

An Education is a 2009 coming-of-age drama film based on a memoir of the same name by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby. It stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgirl, and Peter Sarsgaard as David, the charming conman who seduces her. The film was nominated for 3 Academy Awards in 2010: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay for Nick Hornby, and Best Actress for Carey Mulligan.

An Education premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. It screened on 10 September 2009 at the Toronto International Film Festival and was featured at the Telluride by the Sea Film Festival in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 19 September 2009. The film was shown on 9 October 2009, at the Mill Valley Film Festival. It was released in the US on 16 October 2009 and in the UK on 30 October 2009.

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