Michael Radford

Writer / Director

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Associate Agent: Gemma Bicknell

Film, TV & Theatre

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SWEETHEARTS

2022

Tall Brit Productions

As Director
Prods: Eve Pomerance, Amanda Kiely

Film

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THE MUSIC OF SILENCE

2017

Picomedia

Adapted from the book by Andrea Bocelli
As Director / Co-writer with Andrea Bocelli, Anna Pavignano
Prods: Monika Bacardi, Andrea Iervolino, Motaz M. Nabulsi, Roberto Sessa
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jordi Mollà, Toby Sebastian

ELSA AND FRED

2014

Cuatro Plus Films / Defiant Pictures / Creative Andina / Riverside Entertainment Group

As Director / Co-writer with Marcos Carnevale, Marcela Guerty, Lily Ann Martin, Anna Pavignano
Prods: Matthias Ehrenberg, Ricardo Kleinbaum, José Levy, Edward Saxon, Nicolas Veinberg
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Marcia Gay Harden, James Brolin

Winner Cinéfest Sudbury 2014 - International Audience Choice Award

FLAWLESS

2007

Magnolia Pictures / Hyde Park International / Pierce-Williams Entertainment

As Director
Written by Edward Anderson
Prods: Michael A. Pierce, Mark Williams
Starring: Demi Moore, Michael Caine

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

2004

Movision / Avenue Pictures / UK Film Council / Delux Productions

As Writer/Director
Prods: Michael Cowan, Cary Brokaw, Barry Navidi, Jason Piette,
Starring: Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons, Lynn Collins

**Nominated London Critics Circle Film Awards - Best Director of the Year
**Nominated David di Donatello Awards 2005 - Best European Film
**Nominated Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) 205 - Best Adapted Screenplay

DANCING AT THE BLUE IGUANA

2000

Moonstone Entertainment / Bergman Lustig Productions / Dragon Pictures

As Director / Co-writer with David Linter
Prod: Damian Jones, Ram Bergman, Graham Broadbent, Sheila Kelley, Dana Lustig, Ernst Etchie Stroh
Starring:Kristin Bauer van Straten, W. Earl Brown, Daryll Hannah, Sandra Oh

B: MONKEY

1998

Miramax / Scala Productions / Synchronistic Pictures

As Director / Co-writer with Chloe King and Michael Thomas
Prods : Colin Vaines, Stephen Woolley
Starring: Asia Argento, Jared Harris, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Rhys Meyers

IL POSTINO

1994

Cecchi Gori Group / Penta Film / Esterno Mediterraneo Film

Adapted from the novel by Antonio Skármeta
As Director / Co-writer with Anna Pavignano, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi
Prod: Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Daniele
Starring: Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta

**Nominated Academy Awards 1996 - Best Director
**Nominated Academy Awards 1996 - Best Adapted Screenplay
**Winner BAFTA 1996 - Best Film not in the English Language
**Winner BAFTA 1996 - David Lean Award for Direction
**Nominated BAFTA 1996 - Best Adapted Screenplay
**Nominated Directors Guild of America 1996 - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
**Winner London Critics Circle Films Awards 1996 - Best Director of the Year
**Lumiere Awards, France 1997 - Best Foreign Film
**Winner São Paulo International Film Festival 1996 - Audience Award
**Winner Amanda Awards 1996, Norway - Best Foreign Feature Film
**Winner Golden Globes, Italy 1995 - Best Foreign Film
**Winner Guild of German Art House Cinemas 1996 - Best Foreign Film
**Winner Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards 1996 - Best Foreign Film
**Winner Sant Jordi Awards 1996 - best Foreign Film

WHITE MISCHIEF

1987

Umbrella Films / Goldcrest Films International / Columbia Pictures

Adapted from the novel by James Fox
As Director / Co-writer with Jonathan Gems
Prod: Simon Perry
Starring: Charles Dance, Greta Scacchi, Joss Ackland

1984

1984

Umbrella-Rosenblum Films Production / Virgin Benelux

Adapted from the novel by George Orwell
As Writer/Director
Prod: Simon Perry
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton

**Winner Evening Standard British Film Awards 1985 - Best Film
**Winner Istanbul International Film Festival 1985 - Best Film
**Nominated Fantasporto 1985 - Best Film

ANOTHER PLACE, ANOTHER TIME

1983

Umbrella Films / Film 4 / Scottish Film Council

Adapted from the novel by Jessie Kesson
As Director / Co-writer with John Francis Lane
Prod: Simon Perry
Starring: Phyllis Logan, Giovanni Mauriello, Denise Coffey

**Winner Taormina International Film Festival 1983 - Golden Charybdis
**Nominated David di Donatello Awards 1986 - Best Foreign Film

Television

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HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET

1996

NBC Studios / Baltimore Pictures / MCEG-Sterling Entertainment

As Director x 1 episode
Starring: Richard Belzer, Melissa Leo

THE WHITE BIRD PASSES

1980

BBC

Adapted from the novel by Jessie Kesson
As Writer/Director
Prod: James Hunter

Documentaries

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MICHEL PETRUCCIANI

2011

Les Films d'Ici / Looks Filmproduktionen / Arte France Cinéma

As Writer/Director
Prods: Gunnar Dedio, Martina Haubrich, Serge Lalou, Bruce Marks, Andrea Stucovitz

**Nominated César Awards, France 2012 - Best Documentary Film

THE MAKING OF 'THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE'

1982

Goldcrest Films International / Opera World

As Director
Prod: George Walker

VAN MORRISON IN IRELAND

1980

Angle Films / Caledonia Productions

As Director
Prod: Rex Pyke