Mike Leigh
Directing
34
Acting Credits
40
Directed
Biography
Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is a retired 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 films for BBC Television, many of which were characterized by a gritty "kitchen sink realism" style. His wel...
Known For
Filmography
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
2025
as Self
Citizen B
2025
as Self
Her Name Was Moviola
2024
as Self
Cannes Uncut
2023
as Self
Reel Britannia
2022
as Self
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021
as Self
Drama Out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
2020
as Self – Filmmaker
Scenes from A Separation
2018
as Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
as Self
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
as Self
What Is Cinema?
2013
as Self
Square
2012
as Self
In Confidence
2010
Looking for Truffaut
2009
as Self
Vittorio D.
2009
as Self
All About 'Abigail's Party'
2007
as Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
British Film Forever
2007
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
The One Show
2006
as Self
Le Cercle
2005
The Culture Show
2004
as Self
Cinema16: British Short Films
2003
as Self - Commentary, The Short & Curlies (voice)
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh: The Conversation
2000
as Self - Interviewee
Inside the Golden Statue
1998
as Self
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Two Left Feet
1963
as Jim
West 11
1963
Maigret
1960
The Oscars
1953
as Self