About
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.
Filmography
Desperate Journey2025 · Writer
The Music of Silence2017 · Director, Writer
Elsa & Fred2014 · Screenplay, Director
The Mule2013 · Director, Co-Producer, Screenplay
Michel Petrucciani2011 · Screenplay, Director
Flawless2007 · Director
The Merchant of Venice2004 · Screenplay, Director
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello2002 · Director, Screenplay
Addicted to the Stars2002 · Director
Dancing at the Blue Iguana2001 · Director, Writer, Producer
B. Monkey1999 · Director, Scenario Writer
The Postman1994 · Director, Screenplay
White Mischief1987 · Director, Screenplay
Nineteen Eighty-Four1984 · Screenplay, Director
Another Time, Another Place1983 · Director, Screenplay
Van Morrison in Ireland1981 · Director
The Last Stronghold of the Pure Gospel1979 · Producer
Love Is Like a Violin1977 · Producer