Born in St Albans in 1942, Mike Newell worked in British television before moving to film. He made Dance with a Stranger (1985), about the last woman hanged in Britain, and Enchanted April (1992). Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), a romantic comedy written by Richard Curtis, was a vast international success and won him the BAFTA for director. He then made Donnie Brasco (1997) with Al Pacino and Johnny Depp, Pushing Tin and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).
Filmography
- Dance with a Stranger (1985)
- Enchanted April (1992)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
- Donnie Brasco (1997)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)