Michael Radford
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 24, 1946
- Birthplace
- New Delhi, India
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 Not in the English Language, and earned Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Radford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- Sweethearts
Sweethearts TBA
Writer
Desperate Journey 2025
Writer
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me 2023
as Sé stesso
The Music of Silence 2017
Director, Writer
Raccontare Venezia 2017
as Self
Elsa & Fred 2014
Screenplay, Director
The Mule 2013
Director, Co-Producer, Screenplay
Discovering Hamlet 2011
as Self
Michel Petrucciani 2011
Screenplay, Director
Flawless 2007
Director
The Merchant of Venice 2004
Director, Screenplay
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello 2002
Director, Screenplay
Addicted to the Stars 2002
Director
Dancing at the Blue Iguana 2001
Director, Writer, Producer
B. Monkey 1999
Director, Scenario Writer
The Postman 1994
Director, Screenplay
White Mischief 1987
Director, Screenplay
Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984
Director, Screenplay
Another Time, Another Place 1983
Director, Screenplay
- Van Morrison in Ireland
Van Morrison in Ireland 1981
Director
- The White Bird Passes
The White Bird Passes 1980
Director, Writer
The Last Stronghold of the Pure Gospel 1979
Producer
- Love Is Like a Violin
Love Is Like a Violin 1977
Producer
Credits from TMDB.