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In the seventeen years between his first two theatrical features (1971’s BLEAK MOMENTS and 1988’s HIGH HOPES), Mike Leigh, the great humanist of British cinema, sharpened his distinctive voice and famously improvisatory process at the BBC, where he directed a string of striking, bittersweet slice-of-life dramas built around sharply etched characters.
Sep 27, 2021 · Mike Leigh is the great humanist of British cinema. His tragicomic portraits of working-class lives have seen him pick up a Palme d’Or, a Golden Lion, three BAFTA wins and seven Oscar nominations.
Dec 5, 2017 · With Secrets and Lies, Vera Drake and Mr Turner among the films in his back catalogue, Mike Leigh has become one of Britain’s best-loved and most internationally renowned directors.
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.
We celebrate the career of multi-award winning writer-director Mike Leigh, one of Britain’s most critically acclaimed filmmakers. Mike Leigh’s films are a testament to the power of cinema, fusing comedy with tragedy and the personal with the universal, bringing stories of ordinary working-class ...
Apr 2, 2019 · M ike Leigh’s endless fascination with human behavior is palpable in every one of the films he’s made over the course of his nearly fifty-year career. With an acute sensitivity to rhythm, character, and setting, he extracts extraordinary moments from the flow of ordinary life.
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