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British writer and director Mike Leigh has had an extensive film history for his award-winning television shows and full feature films. Admiration for Leigh mainly spawns from his intense and realistic study of everyday life and the open exposure of the working class.The Guardian: Mike Leigh Profile (January 7, 2005) His distinct methods and techniques of working within his field have made his contemporary style gain respect and admiration worldwide.BAFTA: Life in Pictures: Mike Leigh (May 20, 2008)
Leigh was nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for his work Happy-Go-Lucky, but the award went to Dustin Lance Black for Milk.
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Fast Facts
- Born: February 20, 1943
- Education: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Camberwell and Central Art Schools and the London Film SchoolBritish Film Institute: Mike Leigh Biography (2008)
- Has two children
- Married Alison Steadman in 1973
- Divorced in 2001
- Awarded OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2003The Guardian: Mike Leigh Profile (January 7, 2005)
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Recent Mike Leigh Films
- 2008: Happy-Go-Lucky
- 2004: Vera Drake
- 2002: All or Nothing
- 1999: Topsy-Turvy
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Selected Awards
- 1997: BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay for Secrets and Lies
- 1998: Ordre des Artes et Lettres (France)
- 1998: Silver Condor for Best Foreign Film (Argentina) for Secrets and Lies
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Selected Nominations
- 1997: Academy Award for Best Writing for Secrets & Lies
- 2000: Academy Award for Best Writing for Topsy-Turvy
- 2001: LCCFA Best Screenwriter of the Year for All or Nothing
- 2005: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Vera Drake
- 2005: BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay for Vera Drake
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Mike Leigh Quotes
- Filmmakers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.ThinkExist.com: Mike Leigh Quotes (October 3, 2008)
- Humanity is wonderful ... there to be savoured. It's like a great feast.British Academy of Film and Television Arts: A Life in Pictures: Mike Leigh(May 20, 2008)
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British Film Institute: Biography and Film Credits
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All Movie Guide: Mike Leigh Profile
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IMDb.com: Mike Leigh Film Profile
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British Academy of Film and Television Arts: A Life in Pictures with Mike Leigh
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Rotten Tomatoes: Bio and Film Reviews
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Youtube: Interview with Mike Leigh about Happy Go Lucky (Time: 4:53)
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ContemporaryWriters.com: Mike Leigh Biography
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British Film Institute: Biography and Film Credits
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@TanjiPatton thanks tanji, mike, Cynthia and Leigh... For a great taking today... And better company with wine afterwards
@papoulis | November 11, 2009 12:04 AM -
Dragnet era Fall drummer Mike Leigh's new band http://thefallenblog.blogspot.com/
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"Hotel Atlântico": um pouco de Buñuel, um tanto de Mike Leigh, muito de J.Gilberto Noll. Mistura difícil, mas tem lá seus momentos.
@carmattos | November 10, 2009 02:10 AM -
I watched some early TV Mike Leigh last night and I can't get the way his upper class snobs say 'Yeah.' The most disdainful 'yaw' I've heard
@fredone | November 10, 2009 12:50 AM -
Watchin Mike Leigh's "Abigail's Party". Prophetic. Amusing. Going crazy for my birthday night, I'm sure you'll agree. Mental.
@millano9 | November 09, 2009 09:47 PM
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All Or Nothing (2002) (Ws Dol) [VHS] - $4.94
Three-time Oscar®-nominated* writer/director Mike Leigh (Topsy-Turvy, Secrets & Lies) delivers this "rewarding vibrant poetic slice-of-life drama" (Variety) about an ordinary family dealing with the complexities of life and a crisis that ta...
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Happy-Go-Lucky - $29.99
Academy Award nominee Mike Leigh (Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, Vera Drake, 2004), delivers the delightfully fresh and cheerful comedy Happy-Go-Lucky. Free-spirited and effervescent, Poppy is a schoolteacher whose unstoppable ...
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High Hopes - $24.98
A film by six-time Oscar® nominee Mike LeighAcademy Award® nominated writer/director Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies) dissects the barriers of class in this daring and compelling black comedy set during Thatcher's Eng...
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The Films of Mike Leigh (Cambridge Film Classics) - $32.99
The Films of Mike Leigh is the first critical study of one of the most important and eccentric directors of British independent filmmaking. Although active since 1971, Leigh has only come to the attention of an international audience in th...
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Mike Leigh Vol 3 (Four Days in July, Home Sweet Home, Kiss of Death) - $79.95
Mike Leigh Vol. 3 is a three disk set of Mike Leigh's works (Four Days in July, Home Sweet Home, Kiss of Death) in one box set.
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