Mike Leigh

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Birth Name: Michael Leigh

Age: 83, born 20 February 1943

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Relationship Status: In a relationship

Partner: Marion Bailey

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136 votes

Directors:The Filmography of... (207 items)
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Published 15 years, 4 months ago

21 comments

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Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 items)
list by Stehako

Published 8 years, 8 months ago

14 comments

48 votes

Festival de Cannes - The Jury (652 items)
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Published 15 years, 1 month ago

1 comment

43 votes

Favorite directors, 3 masterpieces of each one (89 items)
list by jeffpsych

Published 13 years, 1 month ago

3 comments

24 votes

My Oscar nominees[Actors,Directors] (25 items)
list by propelas

Published 15 years, 4 months ago

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Mike Leigh Videos

VICE Talks Film with Mike Leigh

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Mike Leigh - The Five Minute Films 1975

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Tags: British (4), Director (3), English (2), Writer (2), Screenwriter (2), Born 1943 (2), Directed A Best Picture Nominee (1), Oscar Nominated Director (1), Michael Balcon Award (1), BAFTA Fellowship (1), February (1), Social Realism (1), BAFTA Winner (1), Dramatist (1), Film Director (1), Atheist (1), Filmmaker (1), Playwright (1), Actor (1)

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1. Naked (1993)

Rating:

357 Watched

2. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Rating:

6.7

448 Watched

3. Secrets & Lies

Rating:

7.9

309 Watched

4. Another Year (2010)

Rating:

7.3

257 Watched

5. Vera Drake (2004) (2005)

Rating:

7.3

255 Watched

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1. Naked (1993)

Rating:

357 Watched

2. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Rating:

6.7

448 Watched

3. Secrets & Lies

Rating:

7.9

309 Watched

4. Another Year (2010)

Rating:

7.3

257 Watched

5. Vera Drake (2004) (2005)

Rating:

7.3

255 Watched

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TV

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1. Breakfast (2000)

Rating:

7.7

79 Watched

2. The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009)

Rating:

7.8

77 Watched

3. The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005)

Rating:

7.2

73 Watched

4. The One Show (2006)

Rating:

7.1

66 Watched

5. Cannes Film Festival (1952)

Rating:

9.1

50 Watched

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1. Abigail's Party (1977)

Rating:

7.3

16 Watched

2. A Sense of History

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7.7

13 Watched

3. Play for Today

Rating:

7.7

5 Watched

4. Four Days in July (1984)

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3 want to see

5. Scene

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2 want to see

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1. Abigail's Party (1977)

Rating:

7.3

16 Watched

2. Play for Today

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7.7

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3. Four Days in July (1984)

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3 want to see

4. "BBC2 Playhouse" Grown-Ups

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1 want to see

5. "Play for Today" Hard Labour

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Movies

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1. Welcome to Hollywood (1998)

Rating:

7.3

22 Watched

2. Cinema16: British Short Films

Rating:

7.6

14 want to see

3. Vittorio D. (2009)

Rating:

9.8

8 Watched

4. What Is Cinema? (2013)

Rating:

5.7

4 Watched

5. 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards (2025)

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5.5

3 Watched

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Books

1. Naked and Other Screenplays

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1 own

2. Abigail's Party

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Big Directors I Still Ain't Seen Shit From (52 person items)

"Seen Happy-Go-Lucky Naked Life is Sweet Priority Meantime"

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Tier 2 Accomplished Active Directors (2020 Ed.) (50 person items)

" 2019 Rank: #18 2018 Rank: #19 2017 Rank: #18 2016 Rank: #18 2015 Rank: #20 2014 Rank: #26 2013 Rank: #25 2012 Rank: #27 2011 Rank: #27 2010 Rank: #42 2009 Rank: #35 Naked (1993) Secrets & Lies (1996) Calendar Girls (1997) Topsy-Turvy (1999) Vera Drake (2004) Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) Another Year (2010) Mr. Turner (2014) Peterloo (2019) No Upcoming: "

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Tier 2 Accomplished Active Directors (2019 Ed.) (50 person items)

" 2018 Rank: #19 2017 Rank: #18 2016 Rank: #18 2015 Rank: #20 2014 Rank: #26 2013 Rank: #25 2012 Rank: #27 2011 Rank: #27 2010 Rank: #42 2009 Rank: #35 Naked (1993) Secrets & Lies (1996) Calendar Girls (1997) Topsy-Turvy (1999) Vera Drake (2004) Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) Another Year (2010) Mr. Turner (2014) Upcoming: Peterloo (2019) "

Stehako added this to a list 7 years, 9 months ago

Top Future Directing Greats (2018 Edition) (50 person items)

"2017 Rank: #18 2016 Rank: #18 2015 Rank: #20 2014 Rank: #26 2013 Rank: #25 2012 Rank: #27 2011 Rank: #27 2010 Rank: #42 2009 Rank: #35 a. Naked (1993) b. Secrets & Lies (1996) c. Topsy-Turvy (1999) d. Vera Drake (2004) e. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) f. Another Year (2010) g. Mr. Turner (2014) h. Peterloo (2018) "

Stehako added this to a list 8 years, 8 months ago

Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 person items)

"Timothy Spall - Life is Sweet (1990) - Secrets & Lies (1996) - Topsy-Turvy (1999) - All or Nothing (2002) - Mr. Turner (2014) Lesley Manville - High Hopes (1988) - Secrets & Lies (1996) - Topsy-Turvy (1999) - All or Nothing (2002) - Vera Drake (2004) - Another Year (2010) - Mr. Turner (2014) Jim Broadbent - Life is Sweet (1990) - Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Vera Drake (2004) - Another Year (2010) "

InTheWitheringWind added this to a list 9 years ago

Favorite Person (111 person items)

Stehako added this to a list 9 years, 1 month ago

Top Future Directing Greats (2017 Edition) (50 person items)

"2016 Rank: #18 2015 Rank: #20 2014 Rank: #26 2013 Rank: #25 2012 Rank: #27 2011 Rank: #27 2010 Rank: #42 2009 Rank: #35 a. Naked (1993) b. Secrets & Lies (1996) c. Topsy-Turvy (1999) d. Vera Drake (2004) e. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) f. Another Year (2010) g. Mr. Turner (2014) h. Peterloo (2018) "

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VICE Talks Film with Mike Leigh

Max the Movie Guy added this to a list 9 years, 9 months ago

Film people I've spotted or met in real life (375 person items)

"Near the escalators at the Picturehouse Central in 2016"

Stehako added this to a list 9 years, 9 months ago

Top Future Directing Greats (2016 Edition) (50 person items)

"2015 Rank: #20 2014 Rank: #26 2013 Rank: #25 2012 Rank: #27 2011 Rank: #27 2010 Rank: #42 2009 Rank: #35 a. Secrets & Lies (1996) b. Topsy-Turvy (1999) c. Vera Drake (2004) d. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) e. Another Year (2010) f. Mr. Turner (2014) "