Mike Leigh

Awards & Honours

Awards Won

Honours

Rankings

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Leigh's seven Academy Award nominations, five for screenwriting, two for directing, place him among the most nominated British filmmakers never to win. His three BAFTA wins include the prestigious BAFTA Fellowship, a lifetime achievement honour. He is one of the few directors to have won top prizes at all three major European festivals: Cannes (Palme d'Or for Secrets & Lies), Venice (Golden Lion for Vera Drake), and Berlin (Golden Bear for Vera Drake). His films consistently appear on Sight & Sound and Time Out lists of the greatest British films.

AwardsLeigh won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for Secrets & Lies (1996) and the Golden Lion at Venice for Vera Drake (2004). He received three BAFTA Awards: Best Film and Best Original Screenplay for Secrets & Lies, and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2014. He also won Best Director at Cannes for Naked (1993) and the Golden Bear at Berlin for Vera Drake.

Honours & Distinctions

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

UK Government·1993

Appointed in the Birthday Honours for services to the film industry.

BAFTA Fellowship

British Academy of Film and Television Arts·2014

Highest honour from BAFTA for lifetime achievement.

Honorary Doctorate

University of Salford·2004

Honorary degree for contributions to film.

Honorary Doctorate

University of London·2010

Honorary degree for contributions to arts.

Rankings & Lists

#Top 10

Greatest British Directors

The Guardian·2015

#Multiple films featured

Best British Films

Time Out London·2015

Magazine Covers

Sight & Sound

1996-10-01

Secrets & Lies issue

Film Comment

1996-09-01

Secrets & Lies

Records & Feats

First director to win top prizes at Cannes, Venice, and Berlin

Historic First·2004

Leigh is one of the few directors to have won the Palme d'Or, Golden Lion, and Golden Bear.