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Michael Radford 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, 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.
Born
Sunday, 24 February 1946
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Somebody Down There Likes Me | Self / Sé stesso | 2023 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | Additional Voice Over (segment "Addicted to the Stars") | 2002 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself - Director, 'Dancing at the Blue Iguana' | 1996 |
| The 68th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 1996 |
| My Partner the Ghost | Male Hiker | 1969 |
| The Day the Fish Came Out | Tourist | 1967 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Somebody Down There Likes Me | Self / Sé stesso | 2023 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | Additional Voice Over (segment "Addicted to the Stars") | 2002 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself - Director, 'Dancing at the Blue Iguana' | 1996 |
| The 68th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 1996 |
| My Partner the Ghost | Male Hiker | 1969 |
| The Day the Fish Came Out | Tourist | 1967 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Music of Silence | 2017 |
| Elsa & Fred | 2014 |
| The Mule | 2013 |
| Michel Petrucciani | 2011 |
| Flawless | 2007 |
| The Merchant of Venice | 2004 |
| Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | 2002 |
| Dancing at the Blue Iguana | 2001 |
| B. Monkey | 1999 |
| The Postman | 1994 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | 1993 |
| White Mischief | 1987 |
| 1984 | 1984 |
| Another Time, Another Place | 1983 |
| Van Morrison in Ireland | 1981 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Mule | 2013 |
| Dancing at the Blue Iguana | 2001 |
| Love Is Like a Violin | 1977 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1996 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
| 1996 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Nominated |
