Editing Michael Winterbottom (section)

{{Short description|English film director}}
{{about|the filmmaker|the classical scholar|Michael Winterbottom (academic)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}
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 | birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1961|03|29|df=yes}}
 | birth_place      = [[Blackburn]], [[Lancashire]], England
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 | occupation       = Film director
 | alma_mater       = [[Balliol College, Oxford]];<br /> [[Bristol University]]
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 | children         = 3
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'''Michael Winterbottom''' (born 29 March 1961) is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films—''[[Welcome to Sarajevo]]'', ''[[Wonderland (1999 film)|Wonderland]]'' and ''[[24 Hour Party People]]''—have competed for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/michael-winterbottom/8/ | title=Michael Winterbottom News & Biography - Empire }}</ref> He and co-director [[Mat Whitecross]] won the [[Silver Bear for Best Director]] at the [[56th Berlin International Film Festival]] for their work on ''[[The Road to Guantanamo]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/awards-juries/awards.html/o=desc/p=16/rp=40 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=www.berlinale.de |language=en}}</ref>

His production company, [[Revolution Films]], has a first look deal with Fremantle.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Kanter|first1=Jake|date=2020-11-16|title=Michael Winterbottom's Revolution Films Inks First-Look Deal With Fremantle|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/michael-winterbottom-revolution-films-first-look-deal-fremantle-1234616126/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref>

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