[2] Girl with a Pearl Earring, starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth, marked Webber's feature film debut.
Based on Thomas Harris' book of the same name, and starring Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li and Rhys Ifans, this prequel depicts a young Hannibal Lecter as he gradually becomes a serial killer.
[citation needed] Then, in 2012, Webber returned to the big screen with the World War II drama Emperor, starring Tommy Lee Jones.
An award-winning documentary director, Webber directed several programmes for Channel 4 about classical music including child prodigies, maestros and composers such as Richard Wagner.
He also directed several popular science documentaries about a range of subjects including crash test dummies, deep sea life and phantom limbs.