Michael Winterbottom

Birthday: 29 March 1961, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Height: 180 cm

Michael Winterbottom was born on March 29, 1961 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. He is a director and producer, known for 24 Hour Party People (2002), A Mighty Heart (2007) and The Killer Inside Me (2010).

Why can a writer engage in sexual imagery with no restrictions and yet a film author can't do the sa...Show more »

Why can a writer engage in sexual imagery with no restrictions and yet a film author can't do the same? Show less «

When I was at university, the film club always showed In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no korîda...Show more »

When I was at university, the film club always showed In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no korîda (1976)) at the start of a new year to get people to join. It was full of explicit sex, yet you can buy it in HMV now. Show less «

I don't particularly like the idea that there's an arc to the story and that therefore in this scene...Show more »

I don't particularly like the idea that there's an arc to the story and that therefore in this scene you have to convey this bit of information or emotion. I like more the feeling that, of course, there is a shape to the story, but that each scene should feel right, should be true at that moment, and that gradually you accumulate these moments of truth until you get enough of them together that it becomes a story that's interesting. Show less «

Cinema has been extremely conservative and prudish. I wanted to go to the opposite extreme and show ...Show more »

Cinema has been extremely conservative and prudish. I wanted to go to the opposite extreme and show the relationship only through sex. [on 9 Songs (2004)] Show less «

Michael Winterbottom

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