List of works by Mike Leigh
Appearance
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Mike Leigh is an English director and writer known for his work in film, television and stage.
Film
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Writer | Distribution | Ref. |
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1971 | Bleak Moments | Yes | Yes | BBC Films | [1] |
1983 | Meantime | Yes | Yes | Premiered at London Film Festival Screened on Channel 4 |
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1985 | Four Days in July | Yes | Yes | BBC Films | [3] |
1988 | High Hopes | Yes | Yes | Palace Pictures | [4] |
1990 | Life Is Sweet | Yes | Yes | [5] | |
1993 | Naked | Yes | Yes | First Independent Films | [6] |
1996 | Secrets & Lies | Yes | Yes | FilmFour Distributors | [7] |
1997 | Career Girls | Yes | Yes | [8] | |
1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Yes | Yes | Pathé Distribution | [9] |
2002 | All or Nothing | Yes | Yes | UGC Films UK | [10] |
2004 | Vera Drake | Yes | Yes | Momentum Pictures | [11] |
2008 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Yes | Yes | [12] | |
2010 | Another Year | Yes | Yes | [13] | |
2014 | Mr. Turner | Yes | Yes | [14] | |
2018 | Peterloo | Yes | Yes | Entertainment One/Amazon | [15] |
2024 | Hard Truths | Yes | Yes | StudioCanal | [16] |
Short films
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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1982 | "The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final" "Old Chums" "Probation" "A Light Snack" "Afternoon" |
Yes | Yes | 5-part BBC series of short films entitled Five Minute Films |
1987 | "The Short and Curlies" | Yes | Yes | Screened on Channel 4 |
1992 | "A Sense of History" | Yes | No | Screened on Channel 4 |
2012 | "A Running Jump" | Yes | Yes | Released 24 June 2012 (UK) |
Acting roles
[edit]- West Eleven (1963) - Uncredited
- Two Left Feet (1965) - Uncredited
Television
[edit]Plays
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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1973 | Hard Labour | Yes | Yes | BBC Play for Today |
1975 | "The Permissive Society" | Yes | Yes | BBC Second City Firsts |
1976 | Nuts in May | Yes | Yes | BBC Play for Today |
Knock for Knock | Yes | Yes | BBC Second City Firsts, lost | |
1977 | Kiss of Death | Yes | Yes | BBC Play for Today |
1977 | Abigail's Party | Yes | Yes | BBC Play for Today |
1979 | Who's Who | Yes | Yes | |
1980 | Grown-Ups | Yes | Yes | BBC2 Playhouse |
1982 | Home Sweet Home | Yes | Yes | BBC Play for Today |
Series
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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1963 | Maigret | No | No | Actor: "Paul" Dir: Series 4, Episode 6: "The Flemish Shop" |
1973 | Scene | Yes | No | Dir: "A Mug's Game?" (8 March 1973) |
2009 | Teatr telewizji | No | Yes | Episode: "Przyjecie" (25 May 2009) |
Theatre
[edit]Year | Title | Venue |
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1965 | The Box Play | Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham |
1966 | My Parents Have Gone to Carlisle | |
The Last Crusade of Five Little Nuns | ||
1968 | Individual Fruit Pies | East–15 Acting School, London |
Down Here Up There | Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London | |
1969 | Glum Victoria and the Lad with Specs | Manchester Youth Theatre |
1970 | Bleak Moments | Open Space Theatre, London |
1971 | A Rancid Pong | Basement Theatre, London |
1973 | Dick Whittington and His Cat | Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London |
Wholesome Glory | ||
The Jaws of Death | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | |
1974 | Babies Grow Old | Royal Shakespeare Company |
The Silent Majority | Bush Theatre | |
1977 | Abigail's Party | Hampstead Theatre |
1979 | Too Much of a Good Thing | Radio Play |
Ecstasy | Hampstead Theatre, London | |
1981 1998 |
Goose-Pimples | Garrick Theatre, London Judith Anderson Theater, Off-Broadway[17] |
1988 | Smelling a Rat | Hampstead Theatre, London |
1989 | Greek Tragedy | Belvoir St Theatre, Australia Edinburgh Festival Theatre Royal, Stratford East |
1993 | It's a Great Big Shame! | Theatre Royal, Stratford East |
2005 | Two Thousand Years | National Theatre, London |
2011 | Grief | Cottesloe Theatre, London |
Recurring collaborators
[edit]The following is a list of actors which collaborated with Mike Leigh on an ongoing basis. The list only includes Leigh’s feature films.
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1983 | 1988 | 1990 | 1993 | 1996 | 1997 | 1999 | 2002 | 2004 | 2008 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2024 |
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Reception
[edit]Title | Rating | |
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Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | |
Bleak Moments | — | 71 (7 reviews)[18] |
Meantime | 80% (10 reviews)[19] | 69 (unknown reviews)[20] |
Four Days in July | — | — |
High Hopes | 92% (13 reviews)[21] | 84 (12 reviews)[22] |
Life is Sweet | 93% (15 reviews)[23] | 88 (18 reviews)[24] |
Naked | 88% (60 reviews)[25] | 85 (21 reviews)[26] |
Secrets & Lies | 96% (45 reviews)[27] | 92 (27 reviews)[28] |
Career Girls | 88% (25 reviews)[29] | 76 (25 reviews)[30] |
Topsy-Turvy | 90% (89 reviews)[31] | 90 (31 reviews)[32] |
All or Nothing | 82% (93 reviews)[33] | 72 (31 reviews)[34] |
Vera Drake | 93% (161 reviews)[35] | 83 (40 reviews)[36] |
Happy-Go-Lucky | 93% (163 reviews)[37] | 84 (34 reviews)[38] |
Another Year | 92% (173 reviews)[39] | 81 (36 reviews)[40] |
Mr. Turner | 97% (196 reviews)[41] | 94 (44 reviews)[42] |
Peterloo | 67% (162 reviews)[43] | 66 (34 reviews)[44] |
- A Rotten Tomatoes "Fresh" rating or a Metacritic "Universal Acclaim" rating is shown in bold.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bleak Moments (1971)". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Meantime (1983)". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "FOUR DAYS IN JULY". mubi.com. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "High Hopes (1988)". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Life is Sweet (1990)". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Naked (1993)". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Secrets and Lies (1996)". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "CAREER GIRLS (1997)". tcm.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Topsy-Turvy (1999)". bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "All or Nothing (2002)". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "VERA DRAKE (2004)". bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Happy-go-lucky (2007)". bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Another Year (2010)". bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Mr. Turner (2014)". bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ Bleasdale, John (2 September 2018). "Peterloo first look: Mike Leigh's cudgel for a massacre". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ Andreas, Wiseman (14 May 2023). "Mike Leigh Underway On New Movie, Plot Detail Revealed". deadline.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Leigh's Goose-Pimples To Rise Again at NY's Intar, Jan. 23". Playbill. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Bleak Moments". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "MEANTIME". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Meantime". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "HIGH HOPES". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "High Hopes". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "LIFE IS SWEET". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Life is Sweet". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "NAKED". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Naked". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "SECRETS & LIES". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Secrets & Lies". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "CAREER GIRLS". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Career Girls". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "TOPSY-TURVY". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Topsy-Turvy". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "ALL OR NOTHING". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "All or Nothing". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "VERA DRAKE". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Vera Drake". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "HAPPY-GO-LUCKY". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Happy-Go-Lucky". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "ANOTHER YEAR". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Another Year". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "MR. TURNER". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Mr. Turner". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "PETERLOO". Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Peterloo". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 December 2023.