Mike Leigh
Noted for his film style in which the commonplace was often tinged with the extraordinary, filmmaker Mike Leigh's process involved improvisational workshops and rehearsals with his actors, often done weeks before a single frame was even shot. The British writer-director worked on stage and in television projects before making a name for himself with critically-lauded films such as "Naked" (1993), "Life is Sweet" (1991), and "Secrets and Lies" (1996). With his highly personal projects, Leigh depicted the uneventful lives of ordinary people, yet presented them with plot twists, deep character development, and intricate humanism. His 2008 film "Happy-Go-Lucky," the story of a North London schoolteacher, continued the director's love of capturing everyday life and presenting it as "heightened realism," as he described it. With numerous awards and nominations for his impressive body of work, Leigh cemented his reputation as one of the most celebrated British directors of all time.
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Mike Leigh
Filmography
Movies
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97% | No Score Yet | Hard Truths |
Director, Writer, Screenwriter |
- | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Name Was Moviola | Self | - | 2024 |
67% |
|
Peterloo |
Director, Screenwriter |
$116.7K | 2018 |
97% |
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Mr. Turner |
Director, Screenwriter |
$4.2M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What Is Cinema? | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
93% |
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Another Year |
Director, Screenwriter |
$3.2M | 2010 |
93% |
|
Happy-Go-Lucky |
Director, Writer |
$3.5M | 2008 |
93% |
|
Vera Drake |
Director, Writer |
$3.8M | 2004 |
82% |
|
All or Nothing | Director | $112.9K | 2002 |
90% |
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Topsy-Turvy |
Director, Writer |
$6.2M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
|
Welcome to Hollywood | Self | - | 1998 |
88% |
|
Career Girls |
Director, Writer |
$2.5M | 1997 |
96% |
|
Secrets & Lies |
Director, Writer |
$13.4M | 1996 |
88% |
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Naked |
Director, Screenwriter |
$1.7M | 1993 |
94% |
|
Life Is Sweet |
Director, Writer |
- | 1991 |
92% |
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High Hopes | Director | $28.0K | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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The Short & Curlies |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grown Ups | Director | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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Four Days in July | Director | - | 1984 |
89% |
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Meantime |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home Sweet Home |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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Grown-Ups | Director | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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Play for Today (Abigail's Party) | Director | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nuts in May |
Director, Writer |
- | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Hard Labour | Director | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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Bleak Moments | Director | - | 1971 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Play for Today |
Director, Writer |
1977 |