Michael Radford
Known for

Directing

Credits

37

Gender

Man

Birthday

24 Feb 1946 (78)

Place of birth

New Delhi, India

Also known as

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
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
Raccontare VeneziaSelf
2023Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes MeSé stesso
2011Discovering HamletSelf
1953The OscarsSelf
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
SweetheartsWriter
Desperate JourneyWriter
2017The Music of SilenceDirector
2017The Music of SilenceWriter
2014Elsa & FredScreenplay
2014Elsa & FredDirector
2013The MuleDirector
2013The MuleCo-Producer
2013The MuleScreenplay
2011Michel PetruccianiScreenplay
2011Michel PetruccianiDirector
2007FlawlessDirector
2004The Merchant of VeniceDirector
2004The Merchant of VeniceScreenplay
2002Ten Minutes Older: The CelloDirector
2002Ten Minutes Older: The CelloScreenplay
2002Addicted to the StarsDirector
2001Dancing at the Blue IguanaDirector
2001Dancing at the Blue IguanaWriter
2001Dancing at the Blue IguanaProducer
1999B. MonkeyDirector
1999B. MonkeyScenario Writer
1994The PostmanDirector
1994The PostmanScreenplay
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetDirector
1987White MischiefDirector
1987White MischiefScreenplay
1984Nineteen Eighty-FourDirector
1984Nineteen Eighty-FourScreenplay
1983Another Time, Another PlaceDirector
1983Another Time, Another PlaceScreenplay
1981Van Morrison in IrelandDirector
1977Love Is Like a ViolinProducer