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Roger Michell Date of
birth: 5 June 1956
Place
of birth: South
Africa
Following
a series of successful theatre and television productions, Roger Michell
rapidly made his mark as a film director with features including the box office
hits “Changing Lanes” starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson and “Notting
Hill” starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts.
Michell’s
“The Mother”, produced by Kevin Loader, from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi,
opened to critical acclaim following its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight
at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival where it won the
Europa Award. His following film,
“Enduring Love”, based on the novel by Ian McEwan and starring Daniel Craig and
Samantha Morton, premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
His
BAFTA-winning “Persuasion” was one of the first of the recent popular Jane
Austen adaptations. Michell also directed the award-winning BBC mini-series
“The Buddha of Suburbia” and the screen adaptation of his own award-winning West
End
production of “My Night with Reg”.
Michell’s
stage credits include screenwriter Joe Penhall’s “Blue/Orange” for the National
Theatre. Other credits include the feature film “TitanicTown”
starring Julie Walters, the television film “Ready When You Are, Mr. Patel” and
the mini-series “Downtown Lagos”.
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