Mike Leigh

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-02-20 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK

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...

Production

2008

Happy-Go-Lucky

as Director

2008

Happy-Go-Lucky

as Screenplay

1996

Secrets & Lies

as Director

1996

1993

Naked

as Director

1993

Naked

as Writer

2004

Vera Drake

as Director

2004

Vera Drake

as Writer

1977

Abigail's Party

as Director

2002

2002

All or Nothing

as Director

1990

Life Is Sweet

as Writer

1990

Life Is Sweet

as Director

1992

1999

Topsy-Turvy

as Writer

1999

Topsy-Turvy

as Director

2010

Another Year

as Writer

2010

Another Year

as Director

1989

High Hopes

as Director

1989

High Hopes

as Writer

1997

Career Girls

as Writer

1997

Career Girls

as Director

1987

1983

Meantime

as Writer

1983

Meantime

as Director

1971

Bleak Moments

as Director

2012

A Running Jump

as Director

1984

1975

1979

Who's Who

as Director

1980

Grown-Ups

as Director

1977

1982

Old Chums

as Director

1982

Afternoon

as Director

1982

Probation

as Director

1982

A Light Snack

as Director

2014

Mr. Turner

as Director

1976

Nuts in May

as Director

1976

Nuts in May

as Writer

1982

Home Sweet Home

as Director

2024

Hard Truths

as Director

1973

A Mug's Game?

as Writer

1973

A Mug's Game?

as Director

1971

Bleak Moments

as Writer

1977

1977

1982

Old Chums

as Writer

1982

A Light Snack

as Writer

1982

Afternoon

as Writer

1982

Probation

as Writer

1987

2009

The Party

as Writer

2018

Peterloo

as Director

2018

Peterloo

as Writer

2024

Hard Truths

as Writer

1973

Hard Labour

as Director

1973

Hard Labour

as Writer

2014

Mr. Turner

as Writer

2012

1984

1980

Grown-Ups

as Writer

1979

Who's Who

as Writer

1982

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