Michael Radford

Personal Info

Known ForDirecting
Born1946-02-24
BirthplaceNew Delhi, India

Michael Radford

Directing

Biography

Michael James Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an English film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a documentary director and television comedy writer before transitioning into features in the early 1980s.

His best-known credits include the 1984 film adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four starring John Hurt and Richard Burton (in his final role), the Shakespeare adaptation The Merchant of Venice, the true crime drama White Mischief, and the 1994 Italian-language comedy drama Il Postino: The Postman, for which he won the BAFTA Awards for Best Direction and Best Film Not in the English Language, and earned Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.

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Filmography

Acting (3)

Production & Directing (35)

8.3
7.0
2014
Elsa & FredScreenplay
5.9
2014
Elsa & FredDirector
5.9
2013
The MuleDirector
5.3
2013
The MuleCo-Producer
5.3
2013
The MuleScreenplay
5.3
2011
6.6
2011
6.6
2007
FlawlessDirector
6.8
6.8
6.8
1999
B. MonkeyDirector
5.8
1999
B. MonkeyScenario Writer
5.8
1994
The PostmanDirector
7.9
1994
The PostmanScreenplay
7.9
1987
6.1
1987
White MischiefScreenplay
6.1
1984
6.8
6.8
10.0
7.0
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