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Michael Radford
Born February 24, 1946 in New Delhi, India16 films
Michael James Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an 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.
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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.
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First watchThe Postman19947.9Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.View filmEssential films
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16 films as director- 2017The Music of SilenceDirector
- 2014Elsa & FredDirector
- 2013The MuleDirector
- 2011Michel PetruccianiDirector
- 2007FlawlessDirector
- 2004The Merchant of VeniceDirector
- 2002Ten Minutes Older: The CelloDirector
- 2002Addicted to the StarsDirector
- 2001Dancing at the Blue IguanaDirector
- 1999B. MonkeyDirector
- 1994The PostmanDirector
- 1987White MischiefDirector
- 1984Nineteen Eighty-FourDirector
- 1983Another Time, Another PlaceDirector
- 1981Van Morrison in IrelandDirector
- 1980The White Bird PassesDirector