Biography
Mike Leigh
Directing
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 s…
Career works
34
Movies
21
Series
13
Career average
6.2/10
Birth date
02/20/1943
Place of birth
Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Filmography highlights
Movies
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025 · 10.0
Citizen B
2025 · 6.0
Her Name Was Moviola
2024
Cannes Uncut
2023 · 5.3
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021 · 6.0
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020
Scenes from A Separation
2018 · 0.5
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
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The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014 · 9.0
What Is Cinema?
2013 · 6.5
Vittorio D.
2009 · 6.3
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Looking for Truffaut
2009 · 7.0
All About 'Abigail's Party'
2007 · 6.3
Cinema16: British Short Films
2003 · 5.2
Welcome to Hollywood
2000 · 4.2
Series
