Mike Leigh

Another Year + Q and A with Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh on The 400 Blows
Portraits (4)
Vera Drake (2004) (2)
Another Year (2010) (1)
Stills (3)

Highlighted works

The downtrodden life of a working-class, middle-aged single mother is transformed by the unexpected arrival of a figure from her distant past.

Life is Sweet

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.

Vera Drake

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.

Topsy-turvy

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’.

Filmography

1963

1971

Bleak Moments Directed by
Scenario

1972

Mike Leigh, Les Blair and David Sharp on-screen participant

1973

A Mug's Game? Improvisations directed by
Hard Labour Directed by
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1975

Mike Leigh Season: 5 Minute Films Director
The Permissive Society Director
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1976

Nuts in May Director
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Knock for Knock Director
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The Paradise Run Director - Title Sequence

1977

The Kiss of Death Directed by
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Abigail's Party Director
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1979

Who's Who Director
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1980

Grown-ups Director
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1982

Afternoon Director
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The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final Director
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A Light Snack Director
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Home Sweet Home Director
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Old Chums Director
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Probation Director
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Mike Leigh Making Plays on-screen participant

1983

Meantime Director
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Mike Leigh interviewee

1985

Four Days in July Director
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1988

High Hopes Directed by
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1989

Media Show[26/11/89] on-screen participant

1990

Life is Sweet Directed by
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The Short & Curlies Directed by
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1995

Mike Leigh on-screen participant
The Long Goodbye [25/05/95] on-screen participant
Short Show[09/01/95] interviewee

1996

Secrets & Lies Directed by
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1997

Career Girls Director
Screenplay
Moviewatch[30/09/97] interviewee
Mike Leigh Interview Rushes interviewee

1998

Welcome to Hollywood himself
Gilbert and Sullivan: Instant Merriment on-screen participant
Angels and Insects interviewee

1999

Topsy-turvy Director
Screenplay
Le CINÉMA BRITANNIQUE AUJOURD'HUI: LA TRADITION DES FRANCS-TIREURS interviewee [old footage]
Tim Roth Made in Britain on-screen participant

2000

The Conversation[23/04/2000] on-screen participant
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain on-screen participant
Content[16/02/2000] interviewee

2001

Mad Dogs [?]
The 100 Greatest Films (Part 1) on-screen participant

2002

All or Nothing Director
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Mike Leigh [Subject of Film]
Nft @ 50 Fifty Years of the National Film Theatre interviewee

2004

Vera Drake Director
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2005

Brothers of the Head With thanks to [includes]
With Thanks to

2006

Film4's 50 Films to See before You Die on-screen participant

2007

Happy-go-lucky Directed by
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Hard Luck, Humour and Heroes The Story of Social Realism interviewee

2009

Untitled Mike Leigh Project Director
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Mark Lawson Talks to Mike Leigh interviewee

2010

A Running Jump Directed by
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Another Year Directed by
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