Mike Leigh

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film director human playwright screenwriter stage actor theatre director

Mike Leigh is an acclaimed British film and theatre director and screenwriter known for his improvisation-based method and socially realist works such as "Secrets & Lies" and "Vera Drake."

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Mike Leigh canonical 55
Mike Leigh filmography 1

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instanceOf film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
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awardReceived BAFTA Award for Best Direction ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Palme d’Or ⓘ
surface form: Palme d'Or
birthName Michael Leigh ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1943-02-20 ⓘ
educatedAt Camberwell School of Art ⓘ
Central School of Art and Design ⓘ
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ⓘ
familyName Leigh ⓘ
fieldOfWork film direction ⓘ
screenwriting ⓘ
theatre direction ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
givenName Michael ⓘ
surface form: Mike
hasChild Leo Leigh ⓘ
Toby Leigh ⓘ
knownFor improvisation-based method ⓘ
socially realist works ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement social realism ⓘ
name Mike Leigh self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
notableWork Abigail's Party ⓘ
All or Nothing ⓘ
Another Year ⓘ
Bleak Moments ⓘ
Career Girls ⓘ
Happy-Go-Lucky ⓘ
High Hopes ⓘ
Life Is Sweet ⓘ
Meantime ⓘ
Mr. Turner ⓘ
Naked ⓘ
Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
surface form: Peterloo

Secrets & Lies ⓘ
Topsy-Turvy ⓘ
Vera Drake ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
placeOfBirth Salford ⓘ
spouse Alison Steadman ⓘ

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Imelda Staunton → workedWith → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Simon Channing Williams → workedWith → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Dick Pope → collaboratedWith → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Eddie Marsan → workedWith → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Mike Leigh → name → Mike Leigh self-link ⓘ
Secrets & Lies → director → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Secrets & Lies → screenwriter → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Mr. Turner → director → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Mr. Turner → writer → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Mr. Turner → screenplayBy → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Topsy-Turvy → director → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Topsy-Turvy → writer → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Life Is Sweet → director → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Life Is Sweet → writer → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Life Is Sweet → screenplayBy → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Life Is Sweet → partOf → Mike Leigh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mike Leigh filmography
Vera Drake → director → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Vera Drake → writer → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Vera Drake → screenwriter → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Maurice Purley in Secrets & Lies → createdBy → Mike Leigh ⓘ
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All or Nothing → director → Mike Leigh ⓘ
All or Nothing → writer → Mike Leigh ⓘ
All or Nothing → screenplayBy → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Jim Clark → notableCollaboration → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Sally Hawkins → workedWith → Mike Leigh ⓘ
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subject surface form: Abigail's Party
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Abigail's Party → director → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Nuts in May → director → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Nuts in May → screenwriter → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Jon Gregory → collaboratedWith → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton → workedWith → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Lesley Manville → collaboratedWith → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Daniel Mays → workedWith → Mike Leigh ⓘ
European Film Award for Best Director → hasNotableWinner → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Desiree Akhavan → influencedBy → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Philip Davis → collaboratedWith → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Adrian Scarborough → workedWith → Mike Leigh ⓘ
The Fall → hasMember → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Naked → director → Mike Leigh ⓘ
subject surface form: Naked (1993 film)
Naked → writer → Mike Leigh ⓘ
subject surface form: Naked (1993 film)
Career Girls → director → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Career Girls → writer → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Happy-Go-Lucky → director → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Happy-Go-Lucky → writer → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Thin Man Films → associatedWith → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Thin Man Films → primaryDirectorCollaborator → Mike Leigh ⓘ
Another Year → director → Mike Leigh ⓘ