Mike Newell
Birthday: 28 March 1942, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Birth Name: Michael Cormac Newell
Height: 188 cm
Attended Cambridge University. Three year training course at Granada Television, with intention of going into theatre. Graduated to directing TV plays, building strong reputation for work with David Hare, David Edgar, Hohn, John Osborne, Jack Rosenthal.
I don't like the term chick flick. I think it denigrates a movie. It has overtones of talking down t...Show more »
I don't like the term chick flick. I think it denigrates a movie. It has overtones of talking down to women, like they are second best. We don't call The Last Samurai a guy flick, do we? Show less «
Romantic comedies are backbreaking to write because they have to be fresh. I've yet to find another ...Show more »
Romantic comedies are backbreaking to write because they have to be fresh. I've yet to find another one which was surprising enough to do. Show less «
[on making the fourth Harry Potter movie] "I was very anxious to break the franchise out of this goo...Show more »
[on making the fourth Harry Potter movie] "I was very anxious to break the franchise out of this goody-two-shoes feel. It's my view that children are violent, dirty, corrupt anarchists. Just adults-in-waiting basically." Show less «
Mike Newell's FILMOGRAPHY
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Annabelle: Creation
IMDb: 7
2017
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into ...