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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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Mike Leigh OBE FRSL (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer-director with a career spanning film, theatre and television.
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- 'Secrets & Lies' (1996) IMDb Rating: 8.0/10. Secrets & Lies is Mike Leigh's most famous and acclaimed film, earning a total of five Oscar nominations (including Best Picture) and generating a huge amount of acclaim upon its release.
- 'Naked' (1993) IMDb Rating: 7.7/10. If Naked counts as a slice-of-life film, then it's probably one of the most twisted slice-of-life films ever made. It follows a particularly depraved individual who constantly antagonizes the people around him and lashes out against society.
- 'Vera Drake' (2004) IMDb Rating: 7.7/10. Like Topsy-Turvy, Vera Drake also sees Mike Leigh turning to the past to tell a story. Unlike Topsy-Turvy, Vera Drake has no light-hearted moments or anything close to comedic relief, and stands as what might well be Leigh's heaviest and most emotionally devastating film.
- 'All or Northing' (2002) IMDb Rating: 7.5/10. All or Nothing is a Mike Leigh film that leans heavier towards drama than comedy, though there is a little comedic relief, at least at first.
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- 'Secrets & Lies' (1996) Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is a young Black woman who was adopted at birth and sets out to find her birth mother. To her surprise, she discovers that her biological mother is a working-class white woman named Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn).
- 'Another Year' (2010) Another Year centers on a married couple, Tom (Jim Broadbent) and Gerri (Ruth Sheen), and their relationships with their friends and family over the course of four seasons.
- 'Vera Drake' (2004) Vera Drake stars Imelda Staunton as a working-class woman in 1950s London who performs illegal abortions. During the day she is a devoted wife, mother, and cleaning woman, but leads a secret life at night, evading the authorities - and her own family.
- 'Happy-Go-Lucky' (2008) Sally Hawkins delivers one of her best performances here as Poppy, a free-spirited and optimistic primary school teacher living in London.
Sep 27, 2021 · Mike Leigh will discuss his work and answer questions from the audience at a Guardian Live online event on 7 October. Book tickets here.
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.
