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Mike Leigh OBE FRSL (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer-director with a career spanning film, theatre and television.
Mike Leigh is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design and the London School of Film Technique.
Mike Leigh is an English director and writer known for his work in film, television and stage. Film. Short films. Acting roles. West Eleven (1963) - Uncredited. Two Left Feet (1965) - Uncredited. Television. Plays. Series. Theatre. Recurring collaborators. The following is a list of actors which collaborated with Mike Leigh on an ongoing basis.
May 25, 2024 · Mike Leigh, British writer and director of film and theater, known for his finely honed depictions of quotidian lives and for his improvisational rehearsal style. His notable movies include Naked, Secrets and Lies, Topsy-Turvy, and Vera Drake. Learn more about Leigh’s life and career.
Mike Leigh's latest partially-improvised film is a light-hearted comedy with moments that bite, and features a brilliant star turn by Sally Hawkins.
Dec 5, 2017 · In the latest of The Art of Directing series, the legendary British director Mike Leigh describes his unique approach on the set of his latest film, Peterloo.
May 31, 2022 · Mike Leigh, honored with a career-spanning retrospective, discusses his struggles to get financing and his unique approach to moviemaking.
Sep 27, 2021 · Mike Leigh is the great humanist of British cinema. His tragicomic portraits of working-class lives have seen him pick up a Palme d’Or, a Golden Lion, three BAFTA wins and seven Oscar nominations. He began his career on the stage, making his feature debut with the aptly titled Bleak Moments in 1971.
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Dec 8, 2022 · Mike Leigh. 1999. United Kingdom. By turns sad, funny, tender, and agonizingly true to life—yet always sympathetic to the Sisyphean struggles of its ordinary heroes—the bittersweet cinema of writer-director Mike Leigh is showcased in this retrospective.
