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Michael Radford

Michael Radford

Known For Directing
Birthday Feb 24, 1946 (79)
Birthplace New Delhi, India
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Oct 11, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Michael James Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an Indian-born 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.

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Elsa & Fred

Elsa & Fred

2014

Screenplay

Michel Petrucciani

Michel Petrucciani

2011

Screenplay

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

2004

Screenplay

B. Monkey

B. Monkey

1999

Scenario Writer

White Mischief

White Mischief

1987

Screenplay

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984

Screenplay

Another Time, Another Place

Another Time, Another Place

1983

Screenplay

Elsa & Fred

Elsa & Fred

2014

Director

Michel Petrucciani

Michel Petrucciani

2011

Director

Flawless

Flawless

2007

Director

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

2004

Director

B. Monkey

B. Monkey

1999

Director

White Mischief

White Mischief

1987

Director

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984

Director

Van Morrison in Ireland

Van Morrison in Ireland

1981

Director

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

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