Mike Leigh
English writer and director · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1943 · age 83
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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Jim Broadbent Mike directed Vera Drake and Topsy-Turvy
Timothy Spall Mike directed Secrets & Lies and Mr. Turner
Lesley Manville Mike directed Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake
Phil Davis Mike directed Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake
Elizabeth Berrington Mike directed Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake
Leo Bill Mike directed Vera Drake and Mr. Turner
Marion Bailey Mike directed Vera Drake and Mr. Turner
Ruth Sheen Mike directed Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake- Sam Kelly Mike directed Mr. Turner and Topsy-Turvy
Peter Wight Mike directed Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake- Tony Garnett Produced Hard Labour and Afternoon
Simon Channing-Williams Produced High Hopes and Life Is Sweet
Georgina Lowe Produced Another Year and A Running Jump
Sylvestra Le Touzel Mike directed Mr. Turner and Happy-Go-Lucky
Sally Hawkins Mike directed Vera Drake and Happy-Go-Lucky
David Thewlis Mike directed Naked and Life Is Sweet
Katrin Cartlidge Mike directed Naked and Topsy-Turvy
Liz Smith Mike directed Secrets & Lies and Bleak Moments
Dorothy Atkinson Mike directed Mr. Turner and Peterloo
Martin Savage Also in Topsy-Turvy and All or Nothing
Eileen Davies Also in Meantime, Vera Drake and Another Year
Imelda Staunton Mike directed Vera Drake and Another Year
Eddie Marsan Mike directed Vera Drake and Happy-Go-Lucky
Mark Benton Mike directed Career Girls (1997)
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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.
