Client details
Mike Leigh
Writer/Director
Agent
| Charles Walker | +44 (0) 20 3214 0874 |
Non-Fiction
| Publication Details | Notes |
|---|---|
| MIKE LEIGH ON MIKE LEIGH 2008 Faber | Five-time Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner, the only British director to have won the top prize at both Cannes (for "Secrets and Lies") and Venice (for "Vera Drake"), Mike Leigh is unquestionably one of world cinema's pre-eminent figures. Now, in this definitive career-length interview, he reflects on all that has gone into the making of his unique body of work. Leigh's work has always reflected its times, whether the harsh studies of "Meantime and Naked" or the humor of the now-legendary "Abigail's Party" and "Nuts in May". Above all, Leigh is an accomplished storyteller, and these films deal with universal themes: births, marriages and deaths, parenthood and failed relationships, families and their secrets and lies. |
Other
| Publication Details | Notes |
|---|---|
| VERA DRAKE - SCREENPLAY 2008 Faber | * Winner of The Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 2004 * Nominated for Oscar for Best Director, 77th Academy Awards 2005 * Nominated for Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, 77th Academy Awards 2005 * Nominated for Best Film, BAFTA Awards 2005 * Winner of David Lean Best Director, BAFTA Awards 2005 * Nominated for Best Original Screenplay, BAFTA Awards 2005 * Nominated for Alexander Korda Award, BAFTA Awards 2005 * Winner of Best Director, BIFA 2004 * Winner of Best British Independent Film, BIFA 2004 * Winner of Best Achievement in Production, BIFA 2004 * Winner of Best Fim, 32nd Evening Standard Awards 2005 |
| TWO THOUSAND YEARS - SCRIPT 2006 Faber | The script of the National Theatre play. "Absolutely terrific, at times as screamingly funny as ABIGAIL`S PARTY, at others painfully touching and true as such superb Leigh films as SECRETS AND LIES and VERA DRAKE. This is vintage Leigh." (Daily Telegraph) "This is not simply a play about families. Leigh is also writing about the crisis of loss of faith: about a world in which people have increasingly lost their beliefs in politics, religion and social progress. This is a passionate, funny, moving and well-observed play." (Michael Billington, The Guardian) |
| ALL OR NOTHING - SCREENPLAY 2002 Faber | "Absolutely terrific, at times as screamingly funny as ABIGAIL`S PARTY, at others painfully touching and true as such superb Leigh films as SECRETS AND LIES and VERA DRAKE. This is vintage Leigh." (Daily Telegraph) "This is not simply a play about families. Leigh is also writing about the crisis of loss of faith: about a world in which people have increasingly lost their beliefs in politics, religion and social progress. This is a passionate, funny, moving and well-observed play." (Michael Billington, The Guardian) |
| TOPSY TURVY - SCREENPLAY 2000 Faber | Oscar nomination, Best Original Screenplay, 2000 * BAFTA nomination, Best Original Screenplay, 2000 * BAFTA nomination, Best British Film, 2000 * New York Critics` Circle Best Film and Best Director, 2000 * Evening Standard Film Awards Best Film, 2001 |
| NAKED - SCREENPLAY 2000 Faber | * Palme d`Or nomination, Cannes Film Festival, 1993 * BAFTA nomination, Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, 1994 |
| SECRETS AND LIES 1997 Faber | * Oscar nominations: Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture, 1997 * Golden Globe nomination, Best Picture, 1997 * BAFTA winner, Best Original Screenplay, 1997 * Palme d`Or Winner, Cannes Film Festival 1996 * London Critics` Circle Best Film and Best Director, 1997 |
| CAREER GIRLS 1997 Faber | Two young women who shared a flat at university meet again six years later. As they renew acquaintance with each other, their past comes flooding back, and in the course of a weekend they come face-to-face with the inadequacy of their lives and the diminishment of their dreams. |
| LIFE IS SWEET 1994 Faber | * London Critics` Circle winner, Best British Film, 1992 |
| HIGH HOPES 1994 Faber | * Winner FIPRESCI Award, Venice Film Festival, 1998 * Winner of Evening Standard Awards, Peter Sellers Award for Comedy, 1989 |
| ECSTACY 1989 Nick Hern Books | |
| SMELLING A RAT 1989 Nick Hern Books | |
| ABIGAIL'S PARTY 1979 SAMUEL FRENCH |
Agents
| Anthony Jones | |
| Nicki Stoddart Theatre (UK & Foreign) & Publications | +44 (0) 20 3214 0869 |
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ANOTHER YEAR (2010) | Thin Man Films | with Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville & David Bradley *Nominated for Oscar for Best Original Screenplay 2011 *Nominated BAFTA Film Award for Outstanding British Film 2011 *Nominated for Best Director British Independent Film Awards 2011 *Nominated Best Film Evening Standard British Film Awards 2011 *Won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention Cannes Film Festival 2010 *Nominated Palme d'Or Cannes Film Festival 2010 |
| HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (2008) | Thin Man Films | Produced by Simon Channing Williams with Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan * Nominated for Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, 81st Academy Awards * Nominated for Best Picture (Comedy/Musical), Golden Globes 2009 * Winner of Best Director, National Society of Film Critic Awards, 2009 * Winner of Best Screenplay, National Society of Film Critic Awards, 2009 * Winner of Best Director, New York Critics’ Circle Awards, 2009 |
| VERA DRAKE (2004) | Thin Man Films | Produced by Simon Channing Williams with Imelda Staunton, Phil Davies, Daniel Mays, Alex Kelly, Adrian Scarborough, Heather Craney. * Winner of The Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 2004 * Nominated for Oscar for Best Director, 77th Academy Awards 2005 * Nominated for Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, 77th Academy Awards 2005 * Nominated for Best Film, BAFTA Awards 2005 * Winner of David Lean Best Director, BAFTA Awards 2005 * Nominated for Best Original Screenplay, BAFTA Awards 2005 * Nominated for Alexander Korda Award, BAFTA Awards 2005 * Winner of Best Director, BIFA 2004 * Winner of Best British Independent Film, BIFA 2004 * Winner of Best Achievement in Production, BIFA 2004 * Winner of Best Fim, 32nd Evening Standard Awards 2005 |
| ALL OR NOTHING (2002) | Thin Man Films/UA | Produced by Simon Channing Williams with Timothy Spall, Leslie Manville * Nominated for Golden Palm, Cannes Film Festival 2002 * Winner of British Film of the Year, LCCFA 2002 |
| TOPSY TURVY (1999) | Thin Man Films/October Films | Produced by Simon Channing Williams with Dexter Fletcher, Timothy Spall, Leslie Manville, Jim Broadbent * Nominated for Oscar for Best Writing, Academy Awards 2000 * Nominated for Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 1999 * Nominated for Best British Film, BAFTA Awards 2000 * Nominated for Best Original Screenplay, BAFTA Awards 2000 * Winner of Best Film, Evening Standard Film Awards 2001 * Nominated for Best Director, British Independent Film Awards 2000 * Nominated for British Film of the Year, LCCFA 2001 * Nominated for Best Director of the Year, LCCFA 2001 * Nominated for Best Screenwriter of the Year, LCCFA 2001 * Winner of Best Film, New York Critics Circle Awards 2000 * Winner of Best Director, New York Critics Circle Awards 2000 |
| CAREER GIRLS (1997) | Thin Man Films/Channel 4 | Produced by Simon Channing Williams with Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman, Kate Byers, Mark Benton |
| SECRETS AND LIES (1996) | Thin Man Films/Channel 4 | Produced by Simon Channing Williams with Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste * Winner of the Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival 1996 * Winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Cannes Film Festival 1996 * Nominated for Oscar for Best Writing, Academy Awards 1997 * Nominated for Oscar for Best Director, Academy Awards 1997 * Nominated for Oscar for Best Picture, Academy Awards 1997 * Winner of Best Foreign Film, Cesar Awards 1997 * Winner of Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, BAFTA Awards 1997 * Winner of Best Original Screenplay, BAFTA Awards 1997 * Nominated for David Lean Award for Direction, BAFTA Awards 1997 * Nominated for Best Motion Picture, Golden Globes 1997 * Nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, DGA Awards 1997 * Winner of Best Director, LA Film Critics Association, Best Director 1996 * Winner of Director of the Year, LCCFA 1997 * Winner of British Film of the Year, LCCFA 1997 |
| NAKED (1993) | Thin Man Films/Fine Line | Produced by Simon Channing Williams with David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp * Winner of Best Director, Cannes Film Festival 1993 * Nominated for Palme D’Or, Cannes Film Festival 1993 * Nominated for Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, BAFTA Awards 1994 |
| LIFE IS SWEET (1990) | Thin Man/Channel 4/British Screen | Produced by Simon Channing Williams with Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Stephen Rea, Timothy Spall * Winner of Best Film, US National Society of Film Critics Awards 1992 * Winner of British Film of the Year, LCCFA Awards 1992 |
| HIGH HOPES (1988) | Portman/Channel 4 | Produced by Simon Channing Williams, Victor Glynn with Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Dore * Winner of FIPRESCI Award, Venice Film Festival 1988 * Winner of Peter Sellers Award for Comedy, Evening Standard British Film Awards 1989 |
| BLEAK MOMENTS (1971) | Memorial/Autumn Productions | Produced by Les Blair with Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| A SENSE OF HISTORY (1992) | Channel 4 | Produced by Simon Channing Williams with Stephen Bill, Jim Broadbent * Nominated for Best Short Film, BAFTA Awards 1993 |
| THE SHORT AND CURLIES (1987) | Channel 4 | Produced by Simon Channing Williams, Victor Glynn with Alison Steadman, David Thewlis * Nominated for Best Short Film, BAFTA Awards 1988 |
| MEANTIME (1984) | Central/G Benson | Produced by Graham Benson with Phil Davis, Pam Ferris |
| HOME SWEET HOME (1982) | BBC | Produced by Louis Marks with Timothy Spall, Frances Barber |
| GROWN UPS (1980) | BBC | Produced by Louis Marks with Brenda Blethyn, Phil Davis, Lindsay Duncan, Leslie Manville |
| WHO'S WHO (1979) | BBC | Produced by Margaret Matheson with Lavinia Bertram, Simon Chandler, Phil Davis |
| ABIGAIL'S PARTY (1977) | BBC | Produced by Margaret Matheson with Alison Steadman |
| KISS OF DEATH (1977) | BBC | Produced by David Rose with Kay Adshead, Angela Curran |
| KNOCK FOR KNOCK (1976) | BBC | Produced by Tara Prem with Meryl Hampton, Sam Kelly, Anthony O’Donnell |
| NUTS IN MAY (1976) | BBC | Produced by David Rose with Alison Steadman, Anthony O’Donnell |
| THE PERMISSIVE SOCIETY (1975) | BBC | Produced by Tara Prem with Rachel Davies, Bob Mason, Veronica Roberts |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GRIEF | National Theatre | |
| TWO THOUSAND YEARS | National Theatre | |
| IT'S A GREAT BIG SHAME | Stratford East | |
| GREEK TRAGEDY | Belvoir St Theatre/Edinburgh/Stratford East | |
| SMELLING A RAT | Hampstead | |
| GOOSE PIMPLES | Hampstead/R Fox | |
| ECSTACY | Hampstead | |
| ABIGAIL'S PARTY | Hampstead | |
| SILENT MAJORITY | Bush | |
| BABIES GROW OLD | RSC | |
| BLEAK MOMENTS | Open Space |
