Mike Newell

Biography

Michael Cormac "Mike" Newell (born 28 March 1942) is an English director and producer of motion pictures for the screen and for television. After the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005, Newell became the third most commercially successful British director in recent years, behind Christopher Nolan and David Yates, as confirmed by the UK Film Council in their 2010 Statistical Yearbook. Newell won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 1994 for Four Weddings and a Funeral and the BAFTA Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing for his career prior to 2005. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Newell (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

January 1, 2022

Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

November 16, 2005

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

May 19, 2010

Donnie Brasco

February 27, 1997

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2022	Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts	Self
2022	Reel Britannia	Self
2011	Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey	Self
1995	At Sundance	Self

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2022	578: Magnum	Script Consultant
2022	The Spirit of 1926	Director
2019	One Red Nose Day and a Wedding	Director
2018	The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society	Director
2016	The Interestings	Director
2012	Great Expectations	Director
2012	Great Expectations	Executive Producer
2010	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Director
2007	Love in the Time of Cholera	Director
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Director
2004	Huff	Producer
2003	Mona Lisa Smile	Director
2002	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones	Director
2000	Traffic	Executive Producer
2000	High Fidelity	Executive Producer
2000	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid	Director
1999	Pushing Tin	Director
1999	200 Cigarettes	Executive Producer
1999	Best Laid Plans	Executive Producer
1999	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil	Director
1997	Donnie Brasco	Director
1995	An Awfully Big Adventure	Director
1994	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Director
1992	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Director
1992	Into the West	Director
1991	Enchanted April	Director
1990	Common Ground	Director
1988	Soursweet	Director
1987	Amazing Grace and Chuck	Director
1985	Dance with a Stranger	Director
1985	The Good Father	Director
1983	Birth of a Nation	Director
1983	Blood Feud	Director
1983	Blood Feud	Director
1982	Bad Blood	Director
1981	Little Girls Don't	Director
1980	The Awakening	Director
1978	Destiny	Director
1977	The Man in the Iron Mask	Director
1977	The Mayor's Charity	Director
1976	Ready When You Are, Mr McGill	Director
1976	Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration	Director
1976	Buffet	Director
1975	Brassneck	Director
1975	Mrs. Acland's Ghosts	Director
1974	The Childhood Friend	Director
1974	Ms or Jill and Jack	Director
1974	The Gift of Friendship	Director
1972	Just Your Luck	Director
1972	Not Counting the Savages	Director
1970	Play for Today	Director
1970	The Adventures of Don Quick	Director
1968	The Visitors	Director
1967	None of That	Director
1965	Thirty-Minute Theatre	Director
1964	Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver	Director