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 Central School of Art and Design and the London School of Film Technique.

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 movies include Naked, Secrets and Lies, Topsy-Turvy, and Vera Drake. Learn more about Leigh’s life …

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 actors which collaborated with Mike Leigh on an ongoing basis. The …

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 Leigh’s Hard...

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 very ...

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 him for an interview ...

Mike Leigh OBE FRSL (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer-director with a career spanning film, theatre and television.

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 down by the...

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