Directing
Roger Michell
Born June 5, 1956 · Pretoria, South Africa
Died September 22, 2021 · aged 65
Roger Michell (5 June 1956 – 22 September 2021) was a South African-born British theatre, television, and film director. He was best known for directing films such as Notting Hill and Venus, as well as the 1995 made-for-television film Persuasion. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Michell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Morning Glory · 2010Morning Glory
★ 6.42010
MovieDramaComedy
A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.
Notting Hill · 1999Notting Hill
★ 7.31999
MovieRomanceComedy
London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.
Changing Lanes · 2002Changing Lanes
★ 6.32002
MovieThrillerDrama
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.
Hyde Park on Hudson · 2012Hyde Park on Hudson
★ 5.32012
MovieComedyDrama
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
The Duke · 2021The Duke
★ 6.92021
MovieComedyDrama
In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver steals Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happens next becomes the stuff of legend.
My Cousin Rachel · 2017My Cousin Rachel
★ 5.72017
MovieDramaRomance
A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.
Enduring Love · 2004Enduring Love
★ 5.82004
MovieDramaThriller
Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, Claire. But as Joe and Claire prepare to open a bottle of champagne, their idyll comes to an abrupt end. A hot air balloon drifts into the field, obviously in trouble. The pilot catches his leg in the anchor rope, while the only passenger, a boy, is too scared to jump down. Joe and three other men rush to secure the basket. But fate has other ideas...
Nothing Like a Dame · 2018Nothing Like a Dame
★ 6.82018
MovieDocumentary
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.
















