Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English screenwriter, producer, director and former actor with a film, theatre, and television career spanning...
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Mike Leigh is an English director and writer known for his work in film, television and stage. West Eleven (1963) – Uncredited Two Left Feet (1965) – Uncredited...
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1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film Life Is Sweet and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her...
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Michael Leigh may refer to: Mike Leigh, British writer; film/stage director Dr Michael Leigh, Director General, Enlargement, European Commission, Brussels...
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Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actress. She began her career on television during the 1970s before...
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Standard Film Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film Career Girls. Her other film appearances included Leigh's Naked (1993), Before the Rain (1994),...
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Primetime Emmy Award. She is known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films Grown-Ups (1980), High Hopes (1988), Secrets &...
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Hard Truths (category Films directed by Mike Leigh)
Hard Truths is a 2024 comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh, starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, and David Webber. Set in London...
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Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before a breakthrough role in Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet (1990). Notable film roles include Bullets Over Broadway...
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Naked (1993 film) (category Films directed by Mike Leigh)
Naked is a 1993 British black comedy drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and starring David Thewlis as Johnny, a loquacious intellectual, philosopher...
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series Outnumbered. She is also known for her collaboration with director Mike Leigh on two of his films, Life is Sweet (1990) and Naked (1993). Claire Skinner...
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a small part in Nicolas Roeg's The Witches (1990). She starred in the Mike Leigh film Secrets & Lies (1996), which earned her a Cannes Film Festival Award...
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participant in the films of Mike Leigh, she won the European Film Award for Best Actress for her performance as Shirley in Leigh's High Hopes (1988). Sheen...
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debut in Little Dorrit (1987) and had his breakthrough with roles in the Mike Leigh films Life Is Sweet (1990) and Naked (1993), winning the Cannes Film Festival...
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(born 26 April 1967) is an English actress. She is known for her role in Mike Leigh's drama film Secrets & Lies (1996), for which she received acclaim and...
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appeared in several plays by playwright Alan Ayckbourn and in films by Mike Leigh, including Topsy-Turvy, All or Nothing, and Mr. Turner, which premiered...
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(Mike Leigh). He was in the original Play for Today version of the film Scum as the eloquent Archer. His television appearances include Trevor in Mike...
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Secrets & Lies (film) (category Films directed by Mike Leigh)
1996 comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Leigh regulars, it focuses on a dysfunctional family...
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Special Presentations Lineup Includes World Premieres From Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, Gia Coppola; Starry Pics With Jennifer Lopez, Lily James, Dave Bautista;...
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Abigail's Party (category Plays by Mike Leigh)
Party is a play for stage and television, devised and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh. It is a suburban situation comedy of manners, and a satire on the aspirations...
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Special Presentations Lineup Includes World Premieres from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, Gia Coppola; Starry Pics with Jennifer Lopez, Lily James, Dave Bautista;...
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attention in the play Abigail's Party, written and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh. Duvitski was born in Morecambe, Lancashire to a Polish father and an...
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Queen Elizabeth II. Spall is known for his collaborations with director Mike Leigh, acting in six of his films: Home Sweet Home (1982), Life is Sweet (1990)...
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Angelina Jolie was the recipient of the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media. Mike Leigh received the Director Award, Camille Dalmais and Clément Ducol received...
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here". Lyonne made her New York stage debut in the 2008 production of Mike Leigh's Two Thousand Years at the Acorn Theatre. She was part of the original...
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English actress. She is best known for her work with her partner, filmmaker Mike Leigh, including the films Meantime (1983), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake...
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Sally Hawkins is an English actress. Beginning her collaboration with Mike Leigh on All or Nothing in 2002, she would also appear in Vera Drake (2004)...
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by Howard Berry. It stars Murch and Dan Farrell, with an appearance by Mike Leigh. Beginning with an explanation of the intended film recreation before...
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Vera Drake (category Films directed by Mike Leigh)
Vera Drake is a 2004 British period drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and starring Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Daniel Mays and Eddie Marsan...
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Sr., Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Mike Leigh, David Mamet, Anthony Mann, Vincente Minnelli, Max Ophüls, Martin Scorsese...
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