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Michael Cormac "Mike" Newell (born 28 March 1942) is an English director and producer of motion pictures for film and television. Newell won the 1994 BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Newell was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, the son of amateur actors. Newell was educated at St Albans School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He then attended a three-year training course at Granada Television, with the intention of entering the theatre.
Newell directed various British TV shows from the 1960s onwards (such as Spindoe (1968), credited as Cormac Newell, and Big Breadwinner Hog). However, he eventually graduated into film direction.
His first film was The Man in the Iron Mask (1977), made for TV. His first critically acclaimed movie was Bad Blood (1982), concerning the 1941 manhunt for the New Zealand mass-killer, Stan Graham, played by Jack Thompson. This was followed by Dance with a Stranger (1985), a biographical drama starring Miranda Richardson as Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Great Britain. For his directing efforts, Newell won the Award of the Youth at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
Director Mike Newell talks to us on the red carpet at The Making Of Harry Potter Studio Tour Grand Opening at Leavesden Studios. Mike Newell directed Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire and talks about what fans can expect from this exclusive look behind the scenes of the wizard world of Harry Potter. He also shares his best memory from being on set and has a special message to all the devoted Potter fans out there. Check out our other videos for full coverage of the Harry Potter studio tour launch and many other exciting red carpet events. Please subscribe and follow us on Twitter @RedCarpetNewsTV Presented & Post by Russell Nelson Camera by Bernadette McIntyre With Thanks to Romley Davis
An 'in conversation' event with the director of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Prince of Persia and Four Weddings and a Funeral, whose 50-year career spans theatre, film and TV. Mike discusses his apporach, techniques and ways of working. Moderated by Beryl Richards. Panel session from the Directors UK Directors' Festival 2014 which took place on Saturday 21st June at Altitude London.
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. Following its release, Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) became the highest-grossing British film in cinema history. Director Mike Newell discusses the acting and rehearsal style of the film’s star, Hugh Grant, the film’s famous ending, and the heated debate over its title. Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+britishfilminstitute/
Newell directed various British TV shows from the 1960s onwards (Such as Spindoe (1968), credited as Cormac Newell, and Big Breadwinner Hog). However, he eventually graduated into film direction and then he went on to make the horror film The Awakening (1980) and Bad Blood (1981) about a New Zealand mass murderer. His first film was The Man in the Iron Mask (1977), made for TV. His first critically acclaimed movie was Dance with a Stranger (1985), a biographical drama starring Miranda Richardson as Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Great Britain. For his directing efforts, Newell won the Award of the Youth at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. Newell continued his successes in the film industry with Enchanted April (1992), an adaptation of the 1922 novel The Enchanted April; Mir...
The second edition of our 'Snods Meets' series sees the Everton ambassador chat to former team-mate Mike Newell on crossing the Red/Blue divide, his current work with Accrington Stanley and how he made it as a footballer.
The director on the secrets of a Bruckheimer movie, WMDs and ostriches. Sands of Time, Daggers of Destiny... Prince Of Persia is not short of the odd magical MacGuffin. We thought it was high time to unleash our own - The Questions of Profundity - upon the cast and crew of the latest Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster. They told us about working for one of cinema's great alchemists, WMDs, rogue ostriches, and how to cope with bad hair while you're parkouring around ancient Persia. Visit http://www.empireonline.com for more exclusive film coverage
A l’occasion de cette fin d'année, j'ai voulu vous faire un petit cadeau avec une rétrospective sur Harry Potter ! Nous nous pencherons ici sur les deux réalisateurs "one-shot" de la saga : Alfonso Cuaron et Mike Newell. Liste des Critiques : http://www.cinephile.info Tipeee : https://www.tipeee.com/projects/le-cinema-de-durendal Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/LeCinemaDeDurendal Twitter : https://twitter.com/CinemaDurendal
(McKinley)
There's an astronaut missing his children tonight
sitting in his silver machinery.
He's in love with the world and stunned by her size.
From where he sits she looks mostly empty.
From here on the ground I know how he feels.
The curve of the world beneath me
seems impossibly large when I think of where you are,
how I can sing my heart out and you won't hear me.
If I put my hand up and blow a kiss,
it'll never make it to you.
It'll go down over Kansas like Icarus,
sink like Amelia's last SOS.
I could drive to the divide
where rains run to your side or mine,
put a bottle with a note in a river running to your coast
asking you how the world got so wide.
If I put my hand up and blow a kiss,
it'll never make it to you.
It'll go down over Kansas like Icarus,