Mike Leigh Profile
- Name
- Mike Leigh
- Date of Birth
- Saturday February 20 1943
- Born
- Salford, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
- Nationality
- English
- Partial Biography
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Partial Filmography
- Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) 15 (Contains strong language)Director, Screenplay
- Vera Drake (2005) 12A (Contains abortion theme)Director, Screenplay
- All Or Nothing (2002) 18 (Contains very strong language)Director, Screenplay
- Topsy-Turvy (2000) 12A (for a scene of risque nudity)Director, screenplay
- Career Girls (1997) Director, screenplay
- Secrets & Lies (1997) Director, Screenplay
- Life Is Sweet (1991) 15Director, screenplay
- Meantime (1983) Director, screenplay, from idea
- Bleak Moments (1971) Director, Writer
- Nuts in May Director
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Recent Awards
- National Society of Film Critics Award (2009) Best Screenplay - "Happy-Go-Lucky"
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (2008) Best Screenplay - "Happy-Go-Lucky"
- New York Film Critics Circle Award (2008) Best Director - "Happy-Go-Lucky"
- San Francisco International Film Festival Award (2008) Lifetime Achievement in Directing
- David Lean Award (2005) Achievement in Direction - "Vera Drake"
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