Highlighted works
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The urge to remain individual within a family, and the relationship between the personal and the entrepreneurial, are among the themes that inform Mike Leigh’s touching comedy.
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The downtrodden life of a working-class, middle-aged single mother is transformed by the unexpected arrival of a figure from her distant past.
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Mike Leigh’s first period drama is a witty reconstruction of the stormy relationship between W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan during the creation of ‘The Mikado’.
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Mike Leigh’s second period drama, an understated, immensely nuanced portrait of kind-hearted Vera (Imelda Staunton) who performs illegal abortions for desperate women in 1950s London.
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A Yorkshire sheep farmer develops a relationship with a Romanian migrant worker with this acclaimed first feature by Francis Lee.
Filmography
2018
2017
Special Thanks
2016
cast member
2014
Directed by
Written by2014
Timothy Spall and Mike Leigh on Mr. Turner
interviewee
2014
interviewee
2014
Mr. Turner Red Carpet Highlights
interviewee
2010
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Directed by
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Director
Screenplay2009
Mark Lawson Talks to Mike Leigh
interviewee
2008
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Hard Luck, Humour and Heroes The Story of Social Realism
interviewee
2006
With thanks to [includes]
With Thanks to2006
Film4's 50 Films to See before You Die
on-screen participant
2005
Director
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Director
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[Subject of Film]
2002
Nft @ 50 Fifty Years of the National Film Theatre
interviewee
2001
The 100 Greatest Films (Part 1)
on-screen participant
2000
Director
Screenplay2000
on-screen participant
2000
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
on-screen participant
2000
interviewee
1999
Le CINÉMA BRITANNIQUE AUJOURD'HUI: LA TRADITION DES FRANCS-TIREURS
interviewee [old footage]
1999
on-screen participant
1998
himself
1998
Gilbert and Sullivan: Instant Merriment
on-screen participant
1998
interviewee
1997
Director
Screenplay1997
interviewee
1997
interviewee
1996
Directed by
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on-screen participant
1995
on-screen participant
1995
interviewee
1993
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The Little Picture Show[01/12/93]
interviewee
1993
interviewee
1992
Director
1991
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London Film Festival Trailer 1991
Director
Writer1991
interviewee
1989
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on-screen participant
1987
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Written by1985
Director
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interviewee
1982
Director
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Director
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Director
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Director
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Director
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The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final
Director
Devised by1982
on-screen participant
1980
Director
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Director
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Director
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Director
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Director
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Director - Title Sequence
1975
Director
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Mike Leigh Season: 5 Minute Films
Director
1973
Directed by
Devised by1973
Improvisations directed by
1972
Mike Leigh, Les Blair and David Sharp
on-screen participant
1971
Directed by
Scenario1965
[Jim]
1963
Paul
1963
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Sight & Sound magazine
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