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1997:

  1. A conversation with filmmaker Mike Leigh
    A conversation with filmmaker Mike Leigh

    with Mike Leigh on Aug 4, 1997

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  2. A rebroadcast of a discussion about the film "Secrets & Lies"
    A rebroadcast of a discussion about the film "Secrets & Lies"

    with Mike Leigh, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Brenda Blethyn on Mar 12, 1997

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    60 min
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1996:

  1. A discussion of the film "Secrets and Lies"
    A discussion of the film "Secrets and Lies"

    with Mike Leigh, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Brenda Blethyn on Sep 25, 1996

    Duration
    17 min
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Mike Leigh is an award winning English film and theatre director. His stage plays include ?Smelling A Rat?, ?It’s A Great Big Shame?, ?Greek Tragedy?, ?Goose-Pimples?, ?Ecstasy?, and ?Abigail’s Party?.

Leigh has won several prizes at major European film festivals. Most notably he won the Best Director award at Cannes for ?Naked? in 1993 and the Palme d?Or in 1996 for ?Secrets & Lies?. He won the Leone d?Oro for the best film at the International Venice Film Festival in 2004 with ?Vera Drake?. He has been nominated for the Academy Award five times, twice each for ?Secrets & Lies? and ?Vera Drake? (Best Original Screenplay and Best Directing) and once for ?Topsy-Turvy? (Best Original Screenplay only).

Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Leigh