Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/20/1943
Place of Birth
Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Also Known As
마이크 리Michael "Mike" Leigh
Mike Leigh
Biography
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. His well-known films include Life is Sweet (1990), the comedy-drama Career Girls (1997), the Gilbert...
Known For
Cannes Uncut
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Vittorio D.
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Citizen B
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What Is Cinema?
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Cinema16: British Short Films
as Self - Commentary, The Short & Curlies (voice)
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
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Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
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Two Left Feet
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Welcome to Hollywood
as Mike Leigh
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
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Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
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All About 'Abigail's Party'
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Her Name Was Moviola
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Why Are We (Not) Creative?
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Inside the Golden Statue
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Scenes from A Separation
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Untitled 13
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