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Michael Winterbottom

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  • Writer
  • Producer
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Michael Winterbottom at an event for The Killer Inside Me (2010)
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The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)
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Michael took an English degree at Oxford then trained in film at Bristol and London breaking into television via the cutting room at Thames Television. He made his directorial debut with two documentaries on Ingmar Bergman His production of Love Lies Bleeding won the Silver Award at the 1993 New York Television Festival and the 4 part serial 'Family' has collected numerous awards at film and television festivals around the world. He also directed the opening story in the first series of the multi award winning Cracker
BornMarch 29, 1961
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BornMarch 29, 1961
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  • Won 1 BAFTA Award

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Michael Winterbottom and Tamsin Egerton in The Look of Love (2013)
Michael Winterbottom in Trishna (2011)
Steve Coogan and Michael Winterbottom in 24 Hour Party People (2002)
Kate Winslet, Christopher Eccleston, and Michael Winterbottom in Jude (1996)
Michael Winterbottom in A Summer in Genoa (2008)
Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom in The Trip to Italy (2014)
Michael Winterbottom in The Trip (2010)
Angelina Jolie and Michael Winterbottom in A Mighty Heart (2007)
Director Michael Winterbottom with Wes Bentley
Michael Winterbottom at an event for The Trip to Spain (2017)
Michael Winterbottom, Margo Stilley, and Claire Keelan at an event for The Trip to Spain (2017)

Known for

Dan Futterman and Angelina Jolie in A Mighty Heart (2007)
A Mighty Heart
6.6
  • Director
  • 2007
A Summer in Genoa (2008)
A Summer in Genoa
6.0
  • Director
  • 2008
The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
The Road to Guantanamo
7.4
  • Director
  • 2006
Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson in The Killer Inside Me (2010)
The Killer Inside Me
6.1
  • Director
  • 2010

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Director

  • Promised Land
    • Post-production
  • This England (2022)
    This England
  • Eleven Days in May (2022)
    Eleven Days in May
  • Isolation (2021)
    Isolation
    • (segment Isolation)
  • Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan in The Trip (2010)
    The Trip
  • Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan in The Trip to Greece (2020)
    The Trip to Greece
  • Steve Coogan in Greed (2019)
    Greed
  • Dev Patel in The Wedding Guest (2018)
    The Wedding Guest
  • Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan in The Trip to Spain (2017)
    The Trip to Spain
  • Wolf Alice, Ellie Rowsell, Joel Amey, Theo Ellis, and Joff Oddie in On the Road (2016)
    On the Road
  • The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)
    The Emperor's New Clothes
  • Kate Beckinsale and Daniel Brühl in The Face of an Angel (2014)
    The Face of an Angel
  • Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan in The Trip to Italy (2014)
    The Trip to Italy
  • Steve Coogan, Anna Friel, Tamsin Egerton, and Imogen Poots in The Look of Love (2013)
    The Look of Love
  • Everyday (2012)
    Everyday
  • 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

Writer

  • This England (2022)
    This England
  • Isolation (2021)
    Isolation
    • (segment Isolation)
  • Steve Coogan in Greed (2019)
    Greed
  • Dev Patel in The Wedding Guest (2018)
    The Wedding Guest
  • The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)
    The Emperor's New Clothes
  • Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan in The Trip to Italy (2014)
    The Trip to Italy
  • Everyday (2012)
    Everyday
  • Trishna (2011)
    Trishna
  • A Summer in Genoa (2008)
    A Summer in Genoa
  • Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    9 Songs
    • (uncredited)
  • Butterfly Kiss (1995)
    Butterfly Kiss
  • Caroline Catz and Kate Hardie in Under the Sun (1992)
    Under the Sun

Producer

  • Promised Land
    • Post-production
  • This England (2022)
    This England
  • Eleven Days in May (2022)
    Eleven Days in May
  • Dev Patel in The Wedding Guest (2018)
    The Wedding Guest
  • Hello Carter (2013)
    Hello Carter
  • Trishna (2011)
    Trishna
  • Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan in The Trip (2010)
    The Trip
  • Bitter (2008)
    Bitter
  • A Summer in Genoa (2008)
    A Summer in Genoa
  • The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
    The Road to Guantanamo
  • Snow Cake (2006)
    Snow Cake
  • Topspot (2004)
    Topspot
  • Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    9 Songs
    • (uncredited)
  • James McAvoy, Simon McBurney, Emily Mortimer, Michael Sheen, and Stephen Campbell Moore in Bright Young Things (2003)
    Bright Young Things
  • Michael Sheen in Heartlands (2002)
    Heartlands
  • Stuart Townsend in Resurrection Man (1998)
    Resurrection Man
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The Trip
Trailer 2:12
The Trip
The Emperor's New Clothes
Trailer 2:24
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes
Trailer 2:32
The Emperor's New Clothes
9 Songs
Trailer 2:06
9 Songs

Personal details

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    • Company site
    • March 29, 1961
    • Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
    • (divorced, 2 children)
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    • 10 Interviews
    • 6 Articles

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    Apparently, his first job on a film shoot was working as Lindsay Anderson's assistant in his early twenties, a position he described as "...basically holding cups of tea".
  • Quotes
    I don't particularly like the idea that there's an arc to the story and that therefore in this scene you have to convey this bit of information or emotion. I like more the feeling that, of course, there is a shape to the story, but that each scene should feel right, should be true at that moment, and that gradually you accumulate these moments of truth until you get enough of them together that it becomes a story that's interesting.
    • Often has actors improvise, rather than work exclusively from the script

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