Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer-director and former actor with film, theatre, and television career spanning nearly 60 years.

Mike Leigh is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the …

Mike Leigh is an English director and writer known for his work in film, television and stage. Episode: "A Mug's Game?" (8 March 1973) It's a Great Big Shame! The following is a list of …

Dec 23, 2024 · Mike Leigh, British writer and director of film and theater, known for his finely honed depictions of quotidian lives and for his improvisational rehearsal style. His notable …

Jun 3, 2023 · From Secrets & Lies to Topsy-Turvy, these are the greatest films of English auteur Mike Leigh.

Dec 9, 2024 · Here is where the films of Mike Leigh, a master of human tragedy and everyday comedy, land on a scale of tragic-comic circumstances. It takes nearly the whole length of …

Jan 28, 2025 · “Leigh’s films are political, but they don’t preach,” says Sean Baker, director of Anora, and a Mike Leigh fan. “I’m not being disparaging of Ken Loach, but Mike Leigh’s is a …

Jan 21, 2025 · That’s what Mike Leigh, the 82-year-old director of such classics as High Hopes, Secrets and Lies, Topsy-Turvy, Career Girls, and Mr. Turner says when a journalist meeting …

Jan 12, 2025 · Marianne Jean-Baptiste, star of Secrets & Lies, is transfixing as a middle-aged black woman paralysed by anger and depression. It is classic Leigh. The film was then turned …

2 days ago · Mike Leigh: Well, look, to be honest, you could say many filmmakers, very legitimately and very successfully, make movies about movies. I don’t make movies about …