When asked to evaluate his own work, Leigh was a little more reticent.
Mike Leigh Is the Master Filmmaker Who Hates Hollywood|Nico Hines|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He said it was too soon to judge Mr Turner and certainly too soon to describe late era Leigh—“I have not died yet!”
Mike Leigh Is the Master Filmmaker Who Hates Hollywood|Nico Hines|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only then are they are introduced to one another for hundreds of improvisation sessions led by Leigh.
Mike Leigh Is the Master Filmmaker Who Hates Hollywood|Nico Hines|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bailey, who is also dating the director, said working on a Leigh production was incredibly arduous.
Mike Leigh Is the Master Filmmaker Who Hates Hollywood|Nico Hines|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I spoke with Leigh Cowart, a journalist that has written extensively on the traumatic effects of combat sports.
The MMA Fighters Have Gone Crazy: ‘Mayhem’ Miller the Latest in a Long Line of Psycho Pugilists|Robert Silverman|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Leigh made an angry gesture, which was easy enough to interpret—“How am I to get rid of this insolent cad?”
Cursed by a Fortune|George Manville Fenn
With no one perhaps are those literary memories which transform and vivify life so constantly present as with Leigh Hunt.
Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860|George Saintsbury
Leigh smiled scornfully at Emmet's claim of social equality with the bishop, based upon his position as mayor.
The Mayor of Warwick|Herbert M. Hopkins
Those sold by Baker and Leigh realised two thousand two hundred and forty-five pounds.
English Book Collectors|William Younger Fletcher
Lady Byron and her friends plied Mrs. Leigh with questions, hoping to gain a confession which would justify their conduct.
Byron|Richard Edgcumbe
British Dictionary definitions for Leigh (1 of 2)
Leigh1
/ (liː) /
noun
a town in NW England, in Wigan unitary authority, Greater Manchester: engineering industries. Pop: 43 006 (2001)
British Dictionary definitions for Leigh (2 of 2)
Leigh2
/ (liː) /
noun
Mike. born 1943, British dramatist and theatre, film, and television director, noted for his use of improvisation. His plays include Abigail's Party (1977), and his films include High Hopes (1988), Secrets and Lies (1996), Vera Drake (2004), and Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Vivien, real name Vivian Hartley. 1913–67, English stage and film actress. Her films include Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), for both of which she won Oscars