Mike Leigh
Directing
Born: 1943-02-20 · Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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.
🎬 Movies (30)
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025
Self
Citizen B
2025
Self
Her Name Was Moviola
2024
Self
Hard Truths
2024
Director
Cannes Uncut
2023
Self
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021
Self
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020
Self – Filmmaker
Scenes from A Separation
2018
Self
Peterloo
2018
Director
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
Self
The Pirates of Penzance
2015
Production Director
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
Self
Mr. Turner
2014
Director
What Is Cinema?
2013
Self
A Running Jump
2012
Director
Another Year
2010
Director
Looking for Truffaut
2009
Self
Vittorio D.
2009
Self
The Party
2009
Writer
Happy-Go-Lucky
2008
Director
All About 'Abigail's Party'
2007
Self
Vera Drake
2004
Director
Cinema16: British Short Films
2003
Director
All or Nothing
2002
Director
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh: The Conversation
2000
Self - Interviewee
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Director
Inside the Golden Statue
1998
Self
Career Girls
1997
Director
Secrets & Lies
1996
Director
📺 TV Shows (16)
Reel Britannia
2022
Self
Remembers…
2022
Self
Square
2012
Self
In Confidence
2010
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Self
British Film Forever
2007
The One Show
2006
Self
Le Cercle
2005
The Culture Show
2004
Self
Five-Minute Films
1982
Director
Playhouse
1974
Director
Second City Firsts
1973
Director
Play for Today
1970
Director
Omnibus
1967
Self
Maigret
1960
The Oscars
1953
Self