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Mike Leigh: Quick Facts

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Born February 20, 1943 (age 83) • Salford • England
Notable Works “All or Nothing” • “Bleak Moments” • “Career Girls” • “Grief” • “Happy-Go-Lucky” • “High Hopes” • “Life Is Sweet” • “Mr. Turner” • “Naked” • “Peterloo” • “Secrets & Lies” • “Topsy-Turvy” • “Vera Drake”

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Mike Leigh smiles while wearing a dark suit and bow tie at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood.
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Ben Elton
Ben Elton
British actor, writer, and comedian
David Hare wearing a dark jacket and shirt, looking at the camera with a slight smile, against a blurred background.
David Hare
British playwright and director
Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
English actor, director, writer, and humanitarian
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David Mercer
British playwright
Tom Stoppard wearing a dark suit, blue checkered shirt, and green tie, looking at the camera against a dark background.
Tom Stoppard
Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter
Julian Fellowes in a pinstripe suit and tie stands in front of an Oscar statue at the 2009 Governors Awards in Hollywood, California.
Julian Fellowes
British actor, producer, novelist, and screenwriter
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Alun Owen
British dramatist
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Michael Frayn
British author and translator
A lobby card for A Taste of Honey
Shelagh Delaney
British dramatist
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Harold Pinter
British dramatist
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer
P.G. Wodehouse sits at a desk with a typewriter, holding a pipe and looking at papers, in his Paris home in 1945.
P.G. Wodehouse
British author
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Robert Bolt
English playwright and screenwriter
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R.C. Sherriff
British writer
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Simon Raven
English writer
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Tyler Perry wearing a black suit and white shirt, holding an award and posing in front of a step and repeat backdrop at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
Tyler Perry
American playwright, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin
American writer and producer
Athol Fugard (center)
Athol Fugard
South African dramatist, actor, and director
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Errol John
British actor and playwright