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Mike Leigh
Birth at
20 February 1943
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Mike Leigh is an English director, actor and screenwriter, born on February 20, 1943 in the small town of Salford to Jewish refugees. His real name is Lieberman. The relatives of the future talent emigrated to Britain, fleeing the persecution of the Nazis. The boy survived the postwar period, his character acquired the ability not to give up and look at any difficulties with a slight shade of humor. In the late 60s of the last century, Mike graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and devoted
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Mike Leigh is an English director, actor and screenwriter, born on February 20, 1943 in the small town of Salford to Jewish refugees. His real name is Lieberman. The relatives of the future talent emigrated to Britain, fleeing the persecution of the Nazis. The boy survived the postwar period, his character acquired the ability not to give up and look at any difficulties with a slight shade of humor.
In the late 60s of the last century, Mike graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and devoted many years to acting in the Shakespeare troupe. As a successful theater actor, he continued to study and improve his professional status. During this period, Mike was torn between his desire to serve in the theater and the opportunity to translate his ideas on television and film screen.
In the end, he made his choice in favor of cinema. M. Lee has always been fond of writing, practicing pen writing scripts for films. The first success in this field came to him in 1988, when the full-length film was released.
" High expectations In which Mike acted as a writer and director.
In the following years, Mike Lee made about thirty films, among which - "Poor Time".
Vera Drake "Nude", "Careers" and others. His work has been nominated for various awards and film awards more than 40 times. Mike has worked with some of the world’s most famous artists, such as
Imelda Staunton Timothy Spall, David Thewlis and others.
The work of Mike Lee 6 times was awarded the Academy Award “Oscar”. But he does not believe that his tasks are exhausted, and continues to work on the creation of new scripts and films to the great joy of his fans.