Mike Leigh


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Actor | Director | Writer | Screenplay

Michael "Mike" Leigh, OBE (born 20 February 1943) is a British writer and director of film and theatre. He studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and studied further at the Camberwell School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design. He began as a theatre director and playwright in the mid 1960s. In the 1970s and 1980s his career moved between work for the theatre and making films for BBC Television, many of which were characterized by a gritty "kitchen sink realism" style....

Place of Birth: Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Date of Birth: Feb 20, 1943


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Filmography

Actor (7 Known Credits)


Director (34 Known Credits)


Peterloo (2018)
Director
Mr. Turner (2014)
Director
Director
Another Year (2010)
Director
Director
Vera Drake (2004)
Director
Director
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Director
Career Girls (1997)
Director
Director
Naked (1993)
Director
Director
Life Is Sweet (1990)
Director
High Hopes (1988)
Director
Director
Director
Meantime (1983)
Director
Director
Grown-Ups (1980)
Director
Who's Who (1979)
Director
Director
Director
Nuts in May (1976)
Director
Director
Hard Labour (1973)
Director
Bleak Moments (1971)
Director
Play for Today (1970 - 1984)
Director

Writer (25 Known Credits)


Screenplay (1 Known Credits)


Happy-Go-Lucky

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