Mike Leigh

Director

Born: February 20, 1943 (age 83)
From: Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Michael "Mike" Leigh, OBE (born 20 February 1943) is a British writer and director of film and theatre. He studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and studied further at the Camberwell School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design. He began as a theatre director and playwright in the mid 1960s. In the 1970s and 1980s his career moved between work for the theatre and making…

Filmography (56)

Tender Loving Care
Tender Loving Care (2026)
Director
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain (2025)
Self
Citizen B (2025)
Self
Hard Truths (2024)
Director
Her Name Was Moviola (2024)
Self
Cannes Uncut (2023)
Self
Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021)
Self
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today (2020)
Self – Filmmaker
Peterloo (2018)
Director
Scenes from A Separation (2018)
Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016)
Self
The One and Only Mike Leigh
The One and Only Mike Leigh (2014)
Self
Mr. Turner (2014)
Director
What Is Cinema? (2013)
Self
A Running Jump (2012)
Director
Another Year (2010)
Director
Vittorio D. (2009)
Self
Looking for Truffaut
Looking for Truffaut (2009)
Self
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Director
All About 'Abigail's Party' (2007)
Self
Vera Drake (2004)
Director
Cinema16: British Short Films (2003)
Director
All or Nothing (2002)
Director
Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh: The Conversation
Mike Leigh: The Conversation (2000)
Self - Interviewee
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Director
Inside the Golden Statue (1998)
Self
Career Girls (1997)
Director
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Director
Naked (1993)
Director