Michael Radford

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-02-24 (78 years old)

Place of Birth New Delhi, India

Michael Radford

Biography

Michael James Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an Indian-born 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Radford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

2017
2014
Elsa & Fred

as Director

2013
The Mule

as Director

2011
Michel Petrucciani

as Director

2007
Flawless

as Director

2004
2002
1999
B. Monkey

as Director

1994
The Postman

as Director

1987
White Mischief

as Director

1984
1981

Writer

Sweethearts

as Writer

2017
2014
Elsa & Fred

as Screenplay

2013
The Mule

as Screenplay

2011
Michel Petrucciani

as Screenplay

2004
1999
B. Monkey

as Scenario Writer

1994
The Postman

as Screenplay

1987
White Mischief

as Screenplay

1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four

as Screenplay

1983

Producer

2013
The Mule

as Co-Producer

1977