Works of Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh is an English director and writer known for his work in film, television and stage.

Film[]

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Distribution
1971	Bleak Moments	Yes	Yes	BBC Films
1983	Meantime	Yes	Yes	Premiered at London Film Festival Screened on Channel 4
1985	Four Days in July	Yes	Yes	BBC Film
1988	High Hopes	Yes	Yes	Skouras Pictures
1990	Life Is Sweet	Yes	Yes	Palace Pictures
1993	Naked	Yes	Yes	Fine Line Features
1996	Secrets & Lies	Yes	Yes	October Films
1997	Career Girls	Yes	Yes	Film4 Productions
1999	Topsy-Turvy	Yes	Yes	Pathé Distribution
2002	All or Nothing	Yes	Yes	UGC Films
2004	Vera Drake	Yes	Yes	Fine Line Features
2008	Happy-Go-Lucky	Yes	Yes	Momentum Pictures
2010	Another Year	Yes	Yes	Sony Pictures Classics
2014	Mr. Turner	Yes	Yes	Sony Pictures Classics
2018	Peterloo	Yes	Yes	Entertainment One/Amazon

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1982	"The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final" "Old Chums" "Probation" "A Light Snack" "Afternoon"	Yes	Yes	5-part BBC series of short films entitled Five Minute Films
1987	"The Short and Curlies"	Yes	Yes	Screened on Channel 4
1992	"A Sense of History"	Yes	No	Screened on Channel 4
2012	"A Running Jump"	Yes	Yes	Released 24 June 2012 (UK)

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1973	Hard Labour	Yes	Yes	BBC Play for Today
1975	"The Permissive Society"	Yes	Yes	BBC Second City Firsts
1976	Nuts in May	Yes	Yes	BBC Play for Today
1976	Knock for Knock	Yes	Yes	BBC Second City Firsts, lost
1977	Kiss of Death	Yes	Yes	BBC Play for Today
1977	Abigail's Party	Yes	Yes	BBC Play for Today
1979	Who's Who	Yes	Yes	BBC Play for Today
1980	Grown-Ups	Yes	Yes	BBC2 Playhouse
1982	Home Sweet Home	Yes	Yes	BBC Play for Today

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1963	Maigret	No	No	Actor: "Paul" Dir: Series 4, Episode 6: "The Flemish Shop"
1973	Scene	Yes	No	Dir: "A Mug's Game?" (8 March 1973)
2009	Teatr telewizji	No	Yes	Episode: "Przyjecie" (25 May 2009)

Year	Title	Venue
1965	The Box Play	Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
1966	My Parents Have Gone to Carlisle
1966	The Last Crusade of Five Little Nuns
1968	Individual Fruit Pies	East–15 Acting School, London
1968	Down Here Up There	Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London
1969	Glum Victoria and the Lad with Specs	Manchester Youth Theatre
1970	Bleak Moments	Open Space Theatre, London
1971	A Rancid Pong	Basement Theatre, London
1973	Dick Whittington and His Cat	Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London
1973	Wholesome Glory	Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London
1973	The Jaws of Death	Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
1974	Babies Grow Old	Royal Shakespeare Company
1974	The Silent Majority	Bush Theatre
1977	Abigail's Party	Hampstead Theatre
1979	Too Much of a Good Thing	Radio Play
1979	Ecstasy	Hampstead Theatre, London
1981 1998	Goose-Pimples	Garrick Theatre, London Judith Anderson Theater, Off-Broadway^[1]
1988	Smelling a Rat	Hampstead Theatre, London
1989	Greek Tragedy	Belvoir St Theatre, Australia Edinburgh Festival Theatre Royal, Stratford East
1993	It's a Great Big Shame!	Theatre Royal, Stratford East
2005	Two Thousand Years	National Theatre, London
2011	Grief	Cottesloe Theatre, London

The following is a list of actors which collaborated with Mike Leigh on an ongoing basis. The list only includes Leigh’s feature films.

v t Mike Leigh
Feature films	Bleak Moments (1971) Meantime (1983) High Hopes (1988) Life Is Sweet (1990) Naked (1993) Secrets & Lies (1996) Career Girls (1997) Topsy-Turvy (1999) All or Nothing (2002) Vera Drake (2004) Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) Another Year (2010) Mr. Turner (2014) Peterloo (2018)
Television	Hard Labour (1973) The Permissive Society (1975) Nuts in May (1976) Knock for Knock (1976) Abigail's Party (1977) Kiss of Death (1977) Grown-Ups (1980) Home Sweet Home (1982) Meantime (1983) Four Days in July (1984) The Short and Curlies (1987) A Running Jump (2012)
Plays	Ecstasy (1979) Too Much of a Good Thing (1979, broadcast 1992)