FILM DIRECTOR

Mike Leigh

1943 - Today

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Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English screenwriter, producer, director and former actor with a film, theatre, and television career spanning more than 60 years. His accolades include prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, and the Venice International Film Festival, three BAFTA Awards, and nominations for seven Academy Awards. He also received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2014, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1993 Birthday Honours for services to the film industry. Leigh studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design and the London School of Film Technique. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Leigh is the 513th most popular film director (up from 516th in 2019), the 2,205th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,904th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mike Leigh ranks 513 out of 2,041. Before him are Clarence Brown, Richard Thorpe, Renny Harlin, Werner Schroeter, Glauber Rocha, and Ján Kadár. After him are Don Bluth, Louis Feuillade, Michel Gondry, Mika Kaurismäki, Grigori Aleksandrov, and Fernando Solanas.

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Among people born in 1943, Mike Leigh ranks 239. Before him are Dick Taylor, Mike Ratledge, Georgi Asparuhov, Sirajuddin of Perlis, Joanna Shimkus, and Domenico Calcagno. After him are Ramón Sampedro, Rashid Sunyaev, Robert Gates, Frederick Chiluba, Crescenzio Sepe, and Sani Abacha.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mike Leigh ranks 2,205 out of 8,785. Before him are Keith Flint (1969), Æthelbald of Mercia (700), Prasutagus (50), Roderick Murchison (1792), Philip Selway (1967), and James Finlayson (1887). After him are Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), Steve Jones (1955), Liam Gallagher (1972), Mary Dyer (1611), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Mike Leigh ranks 40. Before him are John Boorman (1933), Sam Mendes (1965), David Yates (1963), David Byrne (1952), Michael Anderson (1920), and J. Stuart Blackton (1875). After him are Nicolas Roeg (1928), Peter Yates (1929), Derek Jarman (1942), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Hugh Hudson (1936), and Ken Annakin (1914).

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