United Kingdom, Aug. 10 -- Kristin Scott Thomas says she has confronted the tragedies of her childhood head-on through her directorial debut My Mother's Wedding.

The British actress and filmmaker, 65, known for roles in Four Weddings and a Funeral and The English Patient, has carried profound loss since early childhood as aged five she lost her father, and at 12, her stepfather - both Royal Navy pilots who died in service.

Now, after four decades in the industry, she has turned these personal histories into a semi-autobiographical drama.

She told People about her My Mother's Wedding movie: "I felt that it was time to reclaim my story.

"If you read a profile on me, it will more often than not, I mean 99 percent of the time, say 'Traged...