Michael Radford
Known for
Michael Radford is an Indian director whose job is the film itself who works where the film is put together rather than where it is watched. If there is a home genre here, it is drama. 45 years of work have produced 16 credits. 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' is the project that outgrew the rest of the list. Elsewhere on the record sits 'The Postman'. It started in 1981, at the age of 35.
Michael Radford
14 Directed
1 Series
Michael Radford is an Indian director whose job is the film itself who works where the film is put together rather than where it is watched. If there is a home genre here, it is drama. 45 years of work have produced 16 credits. 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' is the project that outgrew the rest of the list. Elsewhere on the record sits 'The Postman'. It started in 1981, at the age of 35.
Movies
Director
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
Director
Flawless
2007
Director
The Postman
1994
Director
The Merchant of Venice
2004
Director
White Mischief
1987
Director
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001
Director
The Music of Silence
2017
Director
Elsa & Fred
2014
Director
B. Monkey
1999
Director
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
Director
Another Time, Another Place
1983
Director
The Mule
2013
Full Filmography
Desperate Journey
Writer
2025
Film
The Music of Silence
Director
2017
Film
Elsa & Fred
Director
2014
Film
The Mule
Director
2013
Film
Flawless
Director
2007
Film
The Merchant of Venice
Director
2004
Film
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Director
2002
Film
Addicted to the Stars
Director
2002
Film
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Director
2001
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Michael Radford and where are they from?
Michael Radford is 80 years old, born on February 24, 1946 in New Delhi, India.
What are the most famous roles of Michael Radford?
Michael Radford is best known for directing Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Postman, Flawless.
How many movies has Michael Radford directed?
Over a 45-year career (since 1981), Michael Radford has directed or written 14 films and worked on 1 TV shows.
What was Michael Radford's first movie?
The career of Michael Radford began with Sweethearts ().
What is Michael Radford's most recent movie or series?
Michael Radford's most recent release is Desperate Journey, which premiered on November 28, 2025.
What TV shows has Michael Radford created or directed?
On television, Michael Radford has appeared in Homicide: Life on the Street.
Michael Radford
1946-02-24 · New Delhi, India
Michael James Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an English film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a documentary director and television comedy writer before transitioning into features in the early 1980s.
His best-known credits include the 1984 film adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four starring John Hurt and Richard Burton (in his final role), the Shakespeare adaptation The Merchant of Venice, the true crime drama White Mischief, and the 1994 Italian-language comedy drama Il Postino: The Postman, for which he won the BAFTA Awards for Best Direction and Best Film Not in the English Language, and earned Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.Michael Radford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.