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Mike Newell: Biography

Birth Name: Michael Cormac Newell
Birth Place: St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/28/1942, Aries
Profession: Director; executive producer

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Mike Newell Fast Facts:

His parents were amateur actors.
Directed student productions at Cambridge.
Spent three years in the mid-1960s in production training at Britain's Granada Television; early directing credits include episodes of Granada's long-running soap opera Coronation Street.
The Man in the Iron Mask (1976), his first film to be released theatrically in Britain, was made for U.S. television.
Won a British Academy Award for directing Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), which was also honored by the French and Australian film institutes.

Mike Newell Relationships:
Bernice Stegers - Wife
Billy Newell - Son
Lizzie Newell - Daughter
Mike Newell Awards:
1994 BAFTA Awards: Best Film - Winner
1994 BAFTA Awards: The David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction - Winner
College:
University of Cambridge, Magdalene College, Cambridge, England (Degree in English, 1963)

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