Mike Leigh
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-02-20 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Also known As
마이크 리
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 and Sullivan biopic Topsy Turvy (1999), and the b...
Acting
2009
as Self
2021
as Self
1998
as Self
2003
as Self - Commentary, The Short & Curlies (voice)
2024
as Self
2023
as Self
1982
as Self
2014
as Self
2000
as Mike Leigh
2009
as Self
2013
as Self
2000
as Self - Interviewee
2018
as Self
2007
as Self
1963
as Jim
2025
as Self
2016
Production
2008
as Director
2008
as Screenplay
1996
as Director
1996
as Writer
1993
as Director
1993
as Writer
2004
as Director
2004
as Writer
1977
as Director
2002
as Writer
2002
as Director
1990
as Writer
1990
as Director
1992
as Director
1999
as Writer
1999
as Director
2010
as Writer
2010
as Director
1989
as Director
1989
as Writer
1997
as Writer
1997
as Director
1987
as Director
1983
as Writer
1983
as Director
1993
as Director
1971
as Director
2012
as Director
1984
as Director
1975
as Director
1979
as Director
1980
as Director
1977
as Director
1982
as Director
1982
1982
as Director
1982
as Director
1982
as Director
2014
as Director
1976
as Director
1976
as Writer
1982
as Director
2024
as Director
1973
as Writer
1973
as Director
1971
as Writer
1977
as Writer
1977
as Writer
1982
as Writer
1982
1982
as Writer
1982
as Writer
1982
as Writer
1987
as Writer
2003
as Director
2009
as Writer
2018
as Director
2018
as Writer
2024
as Writer
1973
as Director
1973
as Writer
2014
as Writer
2012
as Writer
1975
as Writer
1984
as Writer
1980
as Writer
1979
as Writer
1982
as Writer
2015
as Production Director
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as Director
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as Writer
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