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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. 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 ...
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- Director, screenwriter, producer, actor
Mike Leigh. Director: Secrets & Lies. 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.
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Sep 27, 2021 · ‘You have to be a control freak’: Mike Leigh on 50 years of film-making. Zoe Williams. At 78, with three Baftas and a Palme d’Or under his belt, the director still sees himself as an outsider....
May 3, 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.
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Mar 30, 2021 · Mike Leigh Reveals the Story Behind Secrets & Lies ’ Most Famous Scene. The director looks back on the Best Picture nominee and almost losing Topsy-Turvy to Harvey Weinstein. By Dan Kois....
Feb 15, 2023 · Untitled Mike Leigh 2023 is the follow-up to Leigh’s 2018 period epic Peterloo, his biggest and boldest film in his 50 years of work as a director and a film exploring the events surrounding...
May 31, 2022 · May 31, 2022 8:59am PT. Mike Leigh on His Uncompromising Approach to Filmmaking and Aversion to ‘Message’ Movies. By Peter Debruge. Courtesy Image. These days, it’s refreshing to speak with...
