
Michael Radford
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday24 February 1946 (80 years old)
Place of birthNew Delhi, India
Known credits25
Biography
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. 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…

Desperate Journey
2025 · Writer

Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
2023 · Sé stesso

The Music of Silence
2017 · Director

The Music of Silence
2017 · Writer

Raccontare Venezia
2017 · Self

Elsa & Fred
2014 · Screenplay

Elsa & Fred
2014 · Director

The Mule
2013 · Director

The Mule
2013 · Co-Producer

The Mule
2013 · Screenplay

Discovering Hamlet
2011 · Self

Michel Petrucciani
2011 · Screenplay

Michel Petrucciani
2011 · Director

Flawless
2007 · Director

The Merchant of Venice
2004 · Director

The Merchant of Venice
2004 · Screenplay

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Director

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Screenplay

Addicted to the Stars
2002 · Director

Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001 · Director

Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001 · Writer

Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001 · Producer

B. Monkey
1999 · Director

B. Monkey
1999 · Scenario Writer

The Postman
1994 · Director

The Postman
1994 · Screenplay

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Director

White Mischief
1987 · Director

White Mischief
1987 · Screenplay

Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 · Director

Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 · Screenplay

Another Time, Another Place
1983 · Director

Another Time, Another Place
1983 · Screenplay
Van Morrison in Ireland
1981 · Director
The White Bird Passes
1980 · Director
The White Bird Passes
1980 · Writer

The Last Stronghold of the Pure Gospel
1979 · Producer
Love Is Like a Violin
1977 · Producer

The Oscars
1953 · Self
Sweethearts
Writer
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