Michael Winterbottom

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Winterbottom
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Mar 29, 1961(1961-03-29)
Age	63
Birthplace	Blackburn
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Pisces

Michael Winterbottom Biography

Michael Winterbottom is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on March 29, 1961 in Blackburn, England, United Kingdom. English director of provocative films like 24 Hour Party People and 9 Songs.

His 2007 drama A Mighty Heart won His 2007 drama A Mighty Heart earned Angelina Jolie a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress.

Jim Sturgess, Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen were at one point set to star in this political thriller set in 1930s/1940s Palestine. Sturgess and Macfadyen were to play two British police officers hunting Zionist militant Avraham Stern, while Firth would play an official of the British Mandate government. The screenplay was written by Winterbottom and Laurence Coriat. Although the film never entered production, Winterbottom did shoot documentary footage in Israel with surviving participants in the events.

Winterbottom’s next two films both had distribution difficulties and were not widely seen. I Want You is a neo-noir sex thriller set in a decaying British seaside resort town. Starring Rachel Weisz and Alessandro Nivola, it was shot in bold primary colors by the Polish cinematographer Slawomir Idziak and was inspired by the Elvis Costello song of the same name. Idziak won an Honourable Mention award at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival for his work on the film.

With his ex-wife Sabrina Broadbent, he had two children.

Michael Winterbottom Net Worth

Michael Winterbottom is one of the richest Director from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Winterbottom 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His career started with diverse projects such as Cracker, a mystery TV series, and two documentaries on the Swedish director Ingmar Berman.

The film 9 Songs, his 2004 film, was well-known for its unsimulated sex acts featuring the lead actors.

Winterbottom followed that project up with his biggest budgeted film, The Claim, an adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge set in 1860s California. Shot with a budget of $20 million in the wilds of Canada, it was not a financial success and proved an ordeal to make, with Winterbottom himself getting frostbite. The production had previously been ready to shoot in Spain, with sets already built, when financing fell through. Attempts were made to cast Madonna, in a role eventually played by Milla Jovovich and many of the production details and difficulties were explained to the public on an unusually frank official website.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Michael Winterbottom Dating?

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In 1991 he directed episodes of various British TV shows, including the 4-part children’s series Time Riders and an episode of Boon. In 1992 he directed the television film Under the Sun about a young British woman traveling in Greece, starring Kate Hardie.

Facts & Trivia

Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Michael Winterbottom celebrates birthday on March 29 of every year.

He next directed the 1994 mini-series Family, written by Roddy Doyle. Each of four episodes focused on one member of a working-class Dublin family. It was this series that first brought Winterbottom to the attention of filmgoers, when it was edited down into a feature and shown at festivals.