Michael Radford

Director

Birthday February 24, 1946

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace India

Age 79 years old

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About

Director of the films Nineteen Eighty-Four and Il Postino, the latter earning him Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Before fame

He made a documentary for the BBC and worked with famed cinematographer Roger Deakins.

Trivia

His film Il Postino became the highest-grossing non-English language film ever made.

Family life

He had three children named Felix, Amaryllis, and Linus.

Associated with

He directed a film adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice in 2004 starring Al Pacino.