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British writer and director Mike Leigh.
British writer and director Mike Leigh.

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February 20, 1943, Salford, Lancashire, England (age 81)
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Mike Leigh (born February 20, 1943, Salford, Lancashire, England) is a British writer and director of film and theatre, known for his finely honed depictions of quotidian lives and for his improvisational rehearsal style. Leigh studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in the early 1960s, but his interest in writing and directing led him to switch schools several times, and he ultimately graduated from the London School of Film Technique (now London Film School) in 1965. About that time he began developing a method for creating narratives that relied on actors’ improvisations to manufacture characters ...(100 of 529 words)

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