Michael Radford

Director, Writer, Producer, Actor

February 24, 1946 (80 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Flawless
    Flawless2007
  • The Music of Silence
    The Music of Silence2017

Known For

  • The Postman
    The Postman1994
  • 1984
    19841984
  • The Merchant of Venice
    The Merchant of Venice2004
  • Flawless
    Flawless2007
  • Dancing at the Blue Iguana
    Dancing at the Blue Iguana2001
  • B. Monkey
    B. Monkey1998
  • White Mischief
    White Mischief1987
  • The Music of Silence
    The Music of Silence2017
  • Elsa & Fred
    Elsa & Fred2014
  • The Mule
    The Mule2013
  • Another Time, Another Place
    Another Time, Another Place1983
  • Homicide: Life on the Street
    Homicide: Life on the Street7 seasons
  • Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
    Ten Minutes Older: The Cello2002
  • Michel Petrucciani
    Michel Petrucciani2011
  • Desperate Journey
    Desperate Journey2025
  • Everyman
    Everyman29 seasons

Filmography

2025
2017
2014
Elsa & Fred · as Screenplay
2013
The Mule · as Screenplay
2011
Michel Petrucciani · as Screenplay
2004
The Merchant of Venice · as Screenplay
2002
2000
1994
The Postman · as Screenplay
1987
White Mischief · as Screenplay
1984
1984 · as Screenplay
1983

2013
The Mule · as Co-Producer
2000
1977

2023
2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello · as Additional Voice Over (segment: Addicted To The Stars)
1969
1967

2022
2017
1996
1996
E! True Hollywood Story · as Self - Director, 'dancing At The Blue Iguana'
1996
The 68th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee
1991
Movie Days · as Self
1991
Charlie Rose · as Self
1953

1998
B. Monkey · as Scenario Writer