Michael Radford

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-02-24 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

New Delhi, India

Michael Radford

Biography

Michael James Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an Indian-born English film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a documentary director and television comedy writer before transitioning into features in the early 1980s. His best-known credits include the 1984 film adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four starring John Hurt and Richard Burton (in his final role), the Shakespeare adaptation The Merchant of Venice, the true crime drama White Mischief, and the 1994 Italian-language comedy drama Il Postino: The Postman, for which he won the BAFTA Awards for Best Direction and Best Film Not in the English Language, and earne...

Production

1999

B. Monkey

as Director

1999

B. Monkey

as Scenario Writer

2004

2004

1994

The Postman

as Director

1984

1984

2007

Flawless

as Director

1987

White Mischief

as Director

1987

White Mischief

as Screenplay

2014

Elsa & Fred

as Screenplay

2011

Michel Petrucciani

as Screenplay

2013

The Mule

as Director

2013

The Mule

as Co-Producer

2014

Elsa & Fred

as Director

2011

2017

2002

1994

The Postman

as Screenplay

1977

2013

The Mule

as Screenplay

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Sweethearts

as Writer

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