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.

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Personal Details

• Born: 1946-02-24 in New Delhi, India
• Known For: Directing

Michael Radford Movies List

Looking for Michael Radford movies? Here are some of their most popular films and where they rank in their career:

• Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me (2023)
• Discovering Hamlet (2011)
• Raccontare Venezia (2017)

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