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Mike Leigh

 

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Director / Screenwriter
1943 - 
Born February 20, Salford, Manchester, England
Key Production Country: UK
Key Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama, Urban Drama, Family Drama, Ensemble Film
Key Collaborators: Simon Channing-Williams (Producer), Dick Pope (Cinematographer), Andrew Dickson (Composer), Leslie Manville (Leading Character Player), Timothy Spall (Leading Player), Jon Gregory (Editor), Eve Stewart (Production Designer), Ruth Sheen (Character Player), Katrin Cartlidge (Leading Character Player), Philip Davis (Leading Character Player)
Highly Recommended: Naked (1993), Secrets & Lies (1995)
Recommended: All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Links: [ IMDB ] [ TCMDB ] [ All-Movie Guide ] [ Film Reference ] [ British Independent: The Films of Mike Leigh ] [ Salon Interview ] [ Wikipedia ] [ Screen Online Biography ] [ BBC Audio Interviews ] [ Strictly Film School ] [ Contemporary Writers Profile ] [ Time Out Article (2008) ]
Books: [ The Films of Mike Leigh: Embracing the World ] [ Mike Leigh: Interviews ] [ Mike Leigh (British Filmmakers) ]
DVD's: [ Amazon ] 
1,000 Greatest Films: Naked (1993), Topsy-Turvy (1999)
21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films: Vera Drake (2004)
 
Naked (1993)Secrets & Lies (1995)All or Nothing (2002)Vera Drake (2004)
 
     
  "He made his cinema debut with Bleak Moments (1971) and went on to create a body of work noted for its truthful and compassionate dramatization of everyday lives and universal concerns." - (Chambers Film Factfinder, 2006)  
     
  "One of the most independent directors, Mike Leigh has developed individualistic working methods that produce hilarious and realistic critiques of mundane existences." - Ronald Bergan (Film - Eyewitness Companions, 2006)  
     
  "While remaining fiercely independent and staunchly left-wing in his attitudes, Leigh has built up a body of work that anatomizes Britain's class system and everyday family life. The best of them, Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), and his most abrasive film, Naked (1993), articulate a subversive critique of English life that is often funny and often acutely painful. " - Philip Kemp (501 Movie Directors, 2007)  
     
  "Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity." - Mike Leigh  
     
 
 
 
 

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