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- Mike Leigh is an English filmmaker. He has received seven Academy Award nominations, and thirteen British Academy Film Award nominations receiving three awards for Secrets & Lies (1996) and Vera Drake (2004). In 2014 he received the BAFTA Fellowship for Outstanding British Contribution to Film.
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Mike Leigh is an English filmmaker. He has received seven Academy Award nominations, and thirteen British Academy Film Award nominations receiving three awards for Secrets & Lies (1996) and Vera Drake (2004). In 2014 he received the BAFTA Fellowship for Outstanding British Contribution to Film.
Mike Leigh. Jump to. 82 wins & 115 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 2011 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Another Year. 2009 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Happy-Go-Lucky. 2005 Nominee Oscar. Best Achievement in Directing. Vera Drake. 2005 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Vera Drake.
- February 20, 1943
Mike Leigh OBE FRSL (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer-director with a career spanning film, theatre and television. He has received numerous accolades, including prizes at the Cannes Film Festival , Berlin International Film Festival , the Venice International Film Festival , three BAFTA Awards , and nominations for seven Academy ...
Leigh's most notable works include the black comedy-drama Naked (1993), for which he won the Best Director Award at Cannes, the Oscar-nominated, BAFTA- and Palme d'Or-winning drama Secrets & Lies (1996), the Golden Lion-winning working-class drama Vera Drake (2004), and the Palme d'Or-nominated biopic Mr. Turner (2014).
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- Bleak Moment (1971) Mike Leigh’s debut feature film narrates the quiet and despairing life of secretary Sylvia (Anne Raitt) and retard sister Hilda (Sarah Stephenson).
- High Hopes (1988) Mike Leigh’s third feature film depicts the harsh realities in the lives of two working-class British citizens, Cyril (Philip Davis) and Shirley (Ruth Sheen), during the Thatcherite tenure.
- Life is Sweet (1990) Leigh’s third theatrical feature film conjures up the end of the Thatcher era and as the country is on the brink of a new beginning.
- Naked (1993) The film involves a cynic and an idealist character Johnny having complex traits and confusing motivations. Throughout the film, Johnny remains a frustratingly nocturnal mysterious Mancunian character whose behavior is difficult to comprehend.
Apr 29, 2024 · By Georg Szalai. April 29, 2024 1:55am. Mike Leigh Credit: Thin Man Films. Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival will honor BAFTA-winning writer-director Mike Leigh ( Vera Drake , Another Year...
Sep 27, 2021 · A new edition of Faber’s Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh is available from 7 October. BFI celebrate Leigh’s work with a complete film season at BFI Southbank from 18 October to 30 November, plus UK ...
