Michael Winterbottom

Director
Writer
Producer

Play trailer2:24

The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)

Michael took an English degree at Oxford, then trained in film at Bristol and London, breaking into television via the cutting room at Thames Television. He made his directorial debut with two documentaries on Ingmar Bergman. His production of Love Lies Bleeding won the Silver Award at the 1993 New York Television Festival and the four-part serial 'Family' has collected numerous awards at film and television festivals around the world. He also directed the opening story in the first series of the multi award-winning series Cracker.

More at IMDbPro

IMDbProStarmeter See rank

View contact info at IMDbPro

Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 27 wins & 61 nominations total

Photos48

+ 40

Known for

A Mighty Heart

6.6

Director

2007

The Road to Guantanamo

7.4

Director

2006

A Summer in Genoa

6.0

Director

2008

Jude

6.9

Director

1996

Credits

IMDbPro

Director

Shoshana
6.3
- Director
- 2023
This England
6.7
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 2022
Eleven Days in May
7.7
- Director
- 2022
Isolation
6.4
- Director (segment "Isolation")
- 2021
The Trip
8.0
TV Series
- Director
- 2010–2020
The Trip to Greece
6.6
- Director
- 2020
Greed
5.8
- Director
- 2019
The Wedding Guest
5.8
- Director
- 2018
The Trip to Spain
6.6
- Director
- 2017
On the Road
5.9
- Director
- 2016
The Emperor's New Clothes
7.0
- Director
- 2015
The Face of an Angel
4.6
- Director
- 2014
The Trip to Italy
6.6
- Director
- 2014
The Look of Love
6.0
- Director
- 2013
Everyday
6.2
- Director
- 2012

Writer

Shoshana
6.3
- screenplay
- screenplay by
- 2023
This England
6.7
TV Mini Series
- written by
- 2022
Isolation
6.4
- Writer (segment "Isolation")
- 2021
Greed
5.8
- screenplay
- 2019
The Wedding Guest
5.8
- written by
- 2018
The Emperor's New Clothes
7.0
- made by
- 2015
The Trip to Italy
6.6
- writer
- 2014
Everyday
6.2
- written by
- 2012
Trishna
6.0
- screenplay
- 2011
A Summer in Genoa
6.0
- screenplay
- 2008
9 Songs
4.7
- Writer (uncredited)
- 2004
Butterfly Kiss
6.3
- idea
- 1995
The English Programme
4.4
TV Series
- story
- 1992
Under the Sun
7.1
TV Movie
- story
- 1992
Ingmar Bergman: The Director
TV Special
- screenplay
- 1988

Producer

Shoshana
6.3
- executive producer
- producer
- 2023
This England
6.7
TV Mini Series
- executive producer
- 2022
Eleven Days in May
7.7
- producer
- 2022
The Wedding Guest
5.8
- producer
- 2018
Hello Carter
5.6
- executive producer
- 2013
Trishna
6.0
- producer
- 2011
The Trip
8.0
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2010
Bitter
6.4
Short
- executive producer
- 2008
A Summer in Genoa
6.0
- producer
- 2008
The Road to Guantanamo
7.4
- producer
- 2006
Snow Cake
7.4
- executive producer
- 2006
Topspot
3.7
- executive producer
- 2004
9 Songs
4.7
- producer (uncredited)
- 2004
Bright Young Things
6.5
- executive producer
- 2003
Heartlands
6.8
- executive producer
- 2002

In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos4

Trailer 2:12

The Trip

Trailer 2:24

The Emperor's New Clothes

Trailer 2:24

The Emperor's New Clothes

Trailer 2:32

The Emperor's New Clothes

Trailer 2:06

9 Songs

Personal details

Official site
- Company site
Height
- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Born
- March 29, 1961
- Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Spouse
- Sabrina Broadbent(divorced, 2 children)
Publicity listings
- 10 Interviews
- 7 Articles

Did you know

Trivia
Apparently, his first job on a film shoot was working as Lindsay Anderson's assistant in his early twenties, a position he described as "...basically holding cups of tea".

Quotes
I don't particularly like the idea that there's an arc to the story and that therefore in this scene you have to convey this bit of information or emotion. I like more the feeling that, of course, there is a shape to the story, but that each scene should feel right, should be true at that moment, and that gradually you accumulate these moments of truth until you get enough of them together that it becomes a story that's interesting.