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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-03-28 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

2022

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Self

Reel Britannia as Self

2011

Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey as Self

2009

Creating the World of Harry Potter as Self - Director

1995

At Sundance as Self

Directing

2022

The Spirit of 1926 as Director

2019

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding as Director

2018

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Director

2016

The Interestings as Director

2012

Great Expectations as Director

2010

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as Director

2007

Love in the Time of Cholera as Director

2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Director

2003

Mona Lisa Smile as Director

2000

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid as Director

1999

Pushing Tin as Director

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil as Director

1997

Donnie Brasco as Director

1995

An Awfully Big Adventure as Director

1994

Four Weddings and a Funeral as Director

1992

Into the West as Director

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Director

1991

Enchanted April as Director

1990

Common Ground as Director

1988

Soursweet as Director

1987

Amazing Grace and Chuck as Director

1985

Dance with a Stranger as Director

The Good Father as Director

1983

Blood Feud as Director

Birth of a Nation as Director

Blood Feud as Director

1982

Bad Blood as Director

1981

Little Girls Don't as Director

1980

The Awakening as Director

1978

Destiny as Director

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat as Director

1977

The Man in the Iron Mask as Director

The Mayor's Charity as Director

1976

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill as Director

Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration as Director

Buffet as Director

1975

Brassneck as Director

Mrs. Acland's Ghosts as Director

1974

Ms or Jill and Jack as Director

The Gift of Friendship as Director

The Childhood Friend as Director

1972

Just Your Luck as Director

Not Counting the Savages as Director

1971

Budgie as Director

1970

The Adventures of Don Quick as Director

Play for Today as Director

1968

The Visitors as Director

1967

None of That as Director

1964

Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver as Director

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The Bitter End as Director

Production

2012

Great Expectations as Executive Producer

2004

Huff as Producer

2000

High Fidelity as Executive Producer

Traffic as Executive Producer

1999

Best Laid Plans as Executive Producer

200 Cigarettes as Executive Producer

Writing

2022

578: Magnum as Script Consultant