Daniel Day-Lewis retired from acting after seven years

Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis is retiring from acting for his son's directorial debut.

The 67-year-old British actor quit acting after starring in Paul Thomas Anderson's 2017 film Phantom Thread and has largely stayed out of public life since then.

But she is now set to star in a film called Anemone, directed by her son Ronan Day-Lewis, US independent production company Focus Features confirmed on Tuesday.

The film will star actors including Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley and Safia Oakley-Green and is currently shooting in Manchester.

The father and son wrote the screenplay, which explores “complex relationships between fathers, sons and brothers and the dynamics of family bonds,” Focus Features said.

Daniel Day-Lewis made his screen debut as a teenager in Sunday Bloody Sunday and went on to appear in several memorable period dramas, including the role of Hawkeye in The Last of the Mohicans.

He is known for his dedication to method acting, and has won three Best Actor Oscars for his portrayals of disabled Irish writer Christy Brown in My Left Leg, oil man Daniel Plainview in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, and Abraham Lincoln in There Will Be Blood.

Day-Lewis was made a Knight Bachelor of the British Empire by the Duke of Cambridge in 2014.

It was announced in June 2017 that he was retiring from acting, months before the release of Phantom Thread.

“Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer work as an actor,” read a statement issued by his representative.

“He is immensely grateful to all his collaborators and listeners over the years. This is a personal decision and neither he nor his representatives will comment further on the matter.”

He had previously taken extended breaks from the industry, including working as an apprentice shoemaker in Florence in the 1990s.

“My life away from the film set is a life where I follow my curiosity just as much as when I'm working,” he told the Observer in 2008. Work for a while. It has always seemed natural to me that the work I do should help me.”

In January, Day-Lewis presented an award to American filmmaker Martin Scorsese for his western epic Killer of the Flower Moon.

The actor, who starred in Scorsese's Gangs of New York and The Age of Innocence, said working with the director was “one of the greatest joys and unexpected opportunities of my life”.