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Mike Newell Biography (1942-)

Born March 28, 1942, in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England; parents, amateuractors; married; wife's name, Bernice; children: three, including Lizzie andBilly. Addresses: Office: Fifty Cannon Entertainment, 1950 Sawtelle Blvd., Suite 333, Los Angeles, CA 90025.; Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, producer, executive

Birth Details

March 28, 1942

St. Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Director
• The Awakening, Warner Bros., 1980
• Bad Blood, Southern Pictures/New Zealand Film Commission, 1983
• Dance with a Stranger, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
• The Good Father (released in England on television), Skouras, 1986
• Amazing Grace and Chuck (also known as Silent Voice), TriStar, 1987
• Soursweet, British Screen/Film Four/Zenith, 1988
• Enchanted April, Miramax, 1992
• Into the West, Miramax/Family Films, 1993
• Four Weddings and a Funeral, Gramercy, 1994
• An Awfully Big Adventure, Fine Line, 1995
• At Sundance (documentary), 1995
• Donnie Brasco, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
• Pushing Tin (also known as Turbulenzen-Und andere Katastrophen), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• Mona Lisa Smile, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2003
• Film Executive Producer
• Photographing Fairies (also known as Apparition), PolyGramVideo, 1997
• Best Laid Plans, Fox Searchlight, 1999
• 200 Cigarettes, Paramount, 1999
• High Fidelity, Buena Vista/Touchstone, 2000
• Traffic (also known as Traffic--Die Macht des Kartells), USA Films, 2000
• I Capture the Castle, Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2003
• Ripley's Game, Fine Line, 2003
• Film Appearances
• Himself, At Sundance (documentary), 1995
• Television Director
• Movies
• 69 Murder--The Blood Relation, 1968
• Arthur Wants You for a Sunbeam, 1970
• Mrs. Mouse, Are You Within?, 1971
• Big Soft Nelly Mrs. Mouse, 1971
• Not Counting the Savages (also known as Thirty-Minute Theatre:Not Counting the Savages), 1972
• Just Your Luck (also known as Play for Today: Just Your Luck), 1972
• £12 Look (also known as The Twelve-Pound Look), 1973
• The New Word, 1973
• The Melancholy Hussar (also known as Wessex Tales: The Melancholy Hussar), 1973
• Barbara's Wedding, 1973
• Silver Wedding, 1973
• Ms. or Jill and Jack, 1974
• The Gift of Friendship, 1974
• The Childhood Friend (also known as Play for Today: The Childhood Friend), 1974
• Of the Fields Lately, 1975
• Mrs. Ackland's Ghosts, 1975
• The Midas Connection (also known as Eleventh Hour: The Midas Connection), 1975
• Lost Yer Tongue?, 1975
• Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration, 1975
• Brassneck (also known as Play for Today: Brassneck), 1975
• The Boundary (also known as Eleventh Hour: The Boundary), 1975
• Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill (also known as Red Letter Day: Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill), 1976
• Buffet (also known as Play for Today: Buffet), 1976
• The Man in the Iron Mask (released theatrically in England), NBC,1977
• The Mayor's Charity (also known as Play for Today: The Mayor'sCharity), 1977
• Honey, 1977
• The Fosdyke Saga, 1977
• Charm, 1977
• Mr. & Ms. Bureaucrat (also known as BBC2 Play of the Week:Mr. & Ms. Bureaucrat), BBC2, 1978
• Little Girls Don't, 1978
• Destiny (also known as Play for Today: Destiny), 1978
• Birth of a Nation, 1982
• Also directed the television movies Chan, First for Luck, The Gift of Friendship, and Tales out of School.
• Miniseries
• Blood Feud, syndicated, 1983
• Common Ground, CBS, 1990
• Episodic
• "Florence, May 1908," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, 1993
• "Istanbul, September 1918," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, 1993
• Directed episodes of Big Breadwinner Hog, Budgie, The Guardians, The Man from Haven, Smith and Jones in Small Doses, and Spindoe.
• Television Work
• Pilots
• Director, Jo, CBS, 2002
• Executive producer, Delta, UPN, 2003
• Executive producer, Plastic, ABC, 2003
• Series
• Executive producer and director, The Branch, ABC, 2003
• Television Director
• Other
• Sharon, 1964
• The Kindness of Strangers, 1967
• The Visitors, 1968
• Them Down There, 1968
• The Gamekeeper, 1968
• Blood Relations, 1969
• Death of a Dog, 1970
• Allergy, 1970
• "Baa Baa Blacksheep" (special), Childhood, 1977
• The Whole Hog, 1989

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996

Periodicals

• Los Angeles Times, February 22, 1997
• Sight and Sound, May, 1997
• Total Film, May, 1997, pp. 24-28