Mike Leigh

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English writer and director (born 1943)

United Kingdom WritersBorn 1943 · age 83

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Mike Leigh is an English screenwriter, producer, director and former actor with a film, theatre, and television career spanning more than 60 years.

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Leigh at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival

Awards 5

2018Annual award ACFK

2008Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

2005BAFTA Award for Best Direction

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts

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SpouseAlison Steadman

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Mike Leigh is an English screenwriter, producer, director and former actor with a film, theatre, and television career spanning more than 60 years. His accolades include prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, and the Venice International Film Festival, three BAFTA Awards, and nominations for seven Academy Awards. He also received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2014, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1993 Birthday Honours for services to the film industry.

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