Mike Leigh

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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 and Sullivan biopic Topsy Turvy (1999), and the bleak working-class drama All or Nothing (2002). His most notable works are arguably Naked (1993) for which he won the Best Director Award at Cannes, the BAFTA-winning (and Oscar-nominated) Palme d'Or winner Secrets & Lies (1996) and Golden Lion winner Vera Drake (2004). His films and stage plays, according to the critic Michael Coveney, "comprise a distinctive, homogenous body of work which stands comparison with anyone's in the British theatre and cinema over the same period."  Coveney further noted Leigh's role in helping to create stars – Liz Smith in Hard Labour, Alison Steadman in Abigail's Party, Brenda Blethyn in Grown-Ups, Antony Sher in Goose-Pimples, Gary Oldman and Tim Roth in Meantime, Jane Horrocks in Life is Sweet, David Thewlis in Naked – and remarked that the list of actors who have worked with him over the years – including Sheila Kelley, Paul Jesson, Phil Daniels, Lindsay Duncan, Lesley Sharp, Kathy Burke, Stephen Rea, Eric Richard, Julie Walters – "comprises an impressive, almost representative, nucleus of outstanding British acting talent."  Ian Buruma, writing in the New York Review of Books in January 1994, noted: "It is hard to get on a London bus or listen to the people at the next table in a cafeteria without thinking of Mike Leigh. Like other wholly original artists, he has staked out his own territory. Leigh's London is as distinctive as Fellini's Rome or Ozu's Tokyo." Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Leigh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1943-02-20
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Directing
  • star Popularity: 15.6
  • info Birth Place Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Mike Leigh

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Happy-Go-Lucky

2008-04-18

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Happy-Go-Lucky

2008-04-18

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Secrets & Lies

1996-05-24

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Secrets & Lies

1996-05-24

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Naked

1993-09-14

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Naked

1993-09-14

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Vera Drake

2004-10-22

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Vera Drake

2004-10-22

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Abigail's Party

1977-11-01

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All or Nothing

2002-05-17

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All or Nothing

2002-05-17

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Life Is Sweet

1990-11-15

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Life Is Sweet

1990-11-15

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A Sense of History

1992-09-12

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Topsy-Turvy

1999-12-15

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Topsy-Turvy

1999-12-15

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Another Year

2010-11-05

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Another Year

2010-11-05

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High Hopes

1989-01-13

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High Hopes

1989-01-13

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The Short & Curlies

1987-12-01

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Career Girls

1997-06-01

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Career Girls

1997-06-01

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Meantime

1983-10-16

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Meantime

1983-10-16

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Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

1993-04-05

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Bleak Moments

1971-11-30

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A Running Jump

2012-06-24

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Grown-Ups

1980-11-27

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Four Days in July

1984-11-29

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Who's Who

1979-02-05

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The Permissive Society

1975-04-09

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The Kiss of Death

1977-01-10

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The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final

1982-09-05

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Old Chums

1982-09-06

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A Light Snack

1982-09-08

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Probation

1982-09-07

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Afternoon

1982-09-09

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Mr. Turner

2014-10-31

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Nuts in May

1976-01-13

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Nuts in May

1976-01-13

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Home Sweet Home

1982-03-16

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Hard Truths

2024-12-06

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A Mug's Game?

1973-03-08

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A Mug's Game?

1973-03-08

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Bleak Moments

1971-11-30

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The Kiss of Death

1977-01-10

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Abigail's Party

1977-11-01

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The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final

1982-09-05

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Old Chums

1982-09-06

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Probation

1982-09-07

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A Light Snack

1982-09-08

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Afternoon

1982-09-09

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The Short & Curlies

1987-12-01

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Cinema16: British Short Films

2003-05-05

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The Party

2009-05-25

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Peterloo

2018-11-01

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Peterloo

2018-11-01

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Hard Truths

2024-12-06

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Hard Labour

1973-03-12

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Hard Labour

1973-03-12

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Mr. Turner

2014-10-31

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A Running Jump

2012-06-24

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The Permissive Society

1975-04-09

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Who's Who

1979-02-05

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Grown-Ups

1980-11-27

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Four Days in July

1984-11-29

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Home Sweet Home

1982-03-16

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Mike Leigh's the Pirates of Penzance - English National Opera

2015-05-19

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Untitled Mike Leigh Film

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Play for Today

1970-10-15

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Play for Today

1970-10-15

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Five-Minute Films

1982-09-05

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Five-Minute Films

1982-09-05

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Five-Minute Films

1982-09-05