Michael Radford

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.

Michael Radford is known for work in directing across film and television. New Release currently presents 25 verified screen credits connected to this profile. Selected work includes Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me (2023), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), The Oscars (1953), The Merchant of Venice (2004), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), White Mischief (1987), Flawless (2007), The Postman (1994). The recorded credits span 1953 to 2025, including 23 movies and 2 TV shows. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.