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Mike Leigh

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English writer and director (born 1943)

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Mike Leigh is a British film director, actor, playwright, and theatrical director born on February 20, 1943, at Brocket Hall. He has worked since 1971 and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society of Literature. Leigh received the Officer of the Order of the British Empire and a BAFTA Award for Best Direction. He has been nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Writing, Original Screenplay, as well as European Film Awards for Best Film and Best Director.

Leigh was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Camberwell College of Arts, and the London Film School. He is married to Alison Steadman. His works are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Open Library lists 35 works by him, including *Lover's Revenge Kit* and *Two thousand years*.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1943
Works
35

Top works

  • ʻErom
  • המסיבה של אביגיל
  • Lover's Revenge Kit
  • Lover's Revenge Kit
  • Two thousand years

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Film & TV

Directing · Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK

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…

Known for

  • Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain — Self2025
  • Citizen B — Self2025
  • Her Name Was Moviola — Self2024
  • Cannes Uncut — Self2023
  • Reel Britannia — Self2022
  • Remembers… — Self2022
  • Why Are We (Not) Creative? — Self2021
  • Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today — Self – Filmmaker2020
  • Scenes from A Separation — Self2018
  • Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light — Self2016

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1947-09-26
ambientartart rockelectronicnew wavenew wave music

Discography

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
448
Total plays
1,428

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Leigh">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement

    · 2015 · cited 21,095x

  2. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,790x

  3. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,975x

  4. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis

    · 2022 · cited 13,904x

  5. The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration

    · 2009 · cited 12,549x

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Key facts

Born
( 1943-02-20 ) 20 February 1943 (age 83) , Welwyn Garden City , Hertfordshire , England
Alma mater
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Camberwell School of Art and Design Central School of Art and Design London Film School
Occupations
Director, screenwriter, producer, actor
Years active
1963–present
Spouse
Alison Steadman ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2001 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) 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.

Leigh studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design and the London School of Film Technique. His short-lived acting career included the role of a mute in the 1963 Maigret episode "The Flemish Shop". He began working as a theatre director and playwright in the mid-1960s, before transitioning to making televised plays and films for BBC Television in the 1970s and '80s. Leigh is known for his lengthy rehearsal and improvisation techniques with actors to build characters and narrative for his films. His purpose is to capture reality and present "emotional, subjective, intuitive, instinctive, vulnerable films".

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