Editing Michael Winterbottom (section)

===2000s===
Winterbottom's biggest-budgeted film up to that point, at $20 million, his 2000 film ''[[The Claim (2000 film)|The Claim]]'' was an adaptation of [[Thomas Hardy]]'s ''[[The Mayor of Casterbridge]]'' set in 1860s California. Shot in the wilds of Canada, it was not a financial success and proved an ordeal to make, with Winterbottom himself getting [[frostbite]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/09/interview-with-director-michael-winterbottom | title=Interview with Director Michael Winterbottom | date=9 May 2001 }}</ref> Many of the production difficulties, including unsuccessful attempts to cast [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], were explained to the public on the film's unusually frank official website.<ref name="Michael Winterbottom Gets Naked"/>

''[[24 Hour Party People]]'', released in 2001,  documents the anarchic, drug and sex-fueled rise and fall of [[Factory Records]] and the music scene in [[Manchester]] from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s. It would be the first of many collaborations between Winterbottom and actor [[Steve Coogan]], who starred as broadcaster/music-mogul [[Tony Wilson]].<ref name="G230201">Morley, Paul; [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/feb/23/tonywilson "Shooting the past"] ''The Guardian'', 23 February 2001</ref>

His 2002 film ''[[In This World]]'' depicts the journey of two [[Afghan refugees]] from [[Pakistan]], across the [[Middle East]] and Europe to Britain, which they try to enter with the help of [[people smuggling|people smugglers]]. Shot on [[digital video]] at a cost of $2 million,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2003/film/columns/winterbottom-sets-pace-1117881904/ | title=Winterbottom sets pace | date=9 March 2003 }}</ref> it featured non-professional actors and brought Winterbottom numerous awards, including a [[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] and a [[Bafta#Awards|BAFTA]] for best film not in the English language.<ref name="G010204">Bedell, Geraldine; [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/feb/01/features.review "A Winterbottom's tale"] ''The Guardian'', 1 February 2004</ref>

''[[Code 46]]'', released in 2003, is a sci-fi retelling of the [[Oedipus]] myth, in a world where [[cloning]] has created people so interrelated that strict laws (the Code 46 of the title) govern human reproduction.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenanarchy.com/2017/05/10-years-later-code-46-showed-us-that-we-are-all-replicants.html | title=10+ Years Later: CODE 46 Showed Us That We Are All Replicants | date=24 May 2017 }}</ref> The romantic mystery film starred [[Tim Robbins]] and [[Samantha Morton]]. It was shot in [[Shanghai]], [[Dubai]] and [[Rajasthan]], which were mixed to create a futuristic multi-ethnic culture.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/michael-winterbottom-on-code-46-typical-love-story-in-an-atypical-world-78741/ | title=Michael Winterbottom on "Code 46"; Typical Love Story in an Atypical World | date=6 August 2004 }}</ref>

2004's ''[[9 Songs (film)|9 Songs]]'' gained attention as the most sexually explicit film ever to receive a [[British Board of Film Classification|certificate]] for general release in the UK. It charts a year-long relationship between two lovers, almost exclusively through their sexual interaction and various rock concerts the couple attend. The film became notorious in the UK for its candid scenes of unsimulated sex between the leads, [[Kieran O'Brien]] and [[Margo Stilley]].<ref>Jeffries, Stuart; [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/jan/24/1 "'I am the opposite of ashamed'"] ''The Guardian'', 24 January 2005</ref>

His 2005 film ''[[A Cock and Bull Story]]'', released in the United States and Australia as ''Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story'', is an adaptation of the famously "unfilmable" ''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman]]'', an early novel.<ref name="G181005">Mullan, John; [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/oct/18/classics.londonfilmfestival2005 "A taste of Shandy"] ''The Guardian'', 18 October 2005</ref> The film is a faux documentary about the making of a film of ''Tristram Shandy''. Steve Coogan stars as himself and as Shandy. The film marked the end of Winterbottom's lengthy collaboration with [[Frank Cottrell Boyce]],<ref>Winterbottom films scripted by Cottrell Boyce include ''A Cock and Bull Story'', ''Code 46'', ''24 Hour Party People'', ''The Claim'', ''Welcome To Sarajevo'', ''Butterfly Kiss'' and ''Forget About Me''.</ref> who chose to be credited under the pseudonym Martin Hardy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dawtrey |first1=Adam |title=Phantom scribe gets BIFA nom |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/news/phantom-scribe-gets-bifa-nom-1117933481/ |website=Variety |access-date=23 June 2020 |date=27 November 2005}}</ref>

''[[The Road to Guantanamo]]'' is a 2006 docu-drama about the "[[Tipton Three]]", three British [[Muslims]] captured by US forces in [[Afghanistan]] who spent two years as prisoners at the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] as alleged [[unlawful combatants|enemy combatants]].<ref name="G140206">Stafford Smith, Clive; [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/feb/14/guantanamo.usa "Out of sight"] ''The Guardian'', 14 February 2006</ref> It was shot in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran (which doubled for Cuba) in the autumn of 2005. It premiered at the Berlinale on 14 February 2006. It debuted in the UK on television, on 9 March, as it was co-financed by [[Channel 4]].<ref>Sweney, Mark; [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/14/channel4.broadcasting?gusrc=rss&feed=film "Winterbottom signs Channel 4 exclusive"] ''The Guardian'', 14 February 2006</ref>

2007's ''[[A Mighty Heart (film)|A Mighty Heart]]'' is based on the book by [[Mariane Pearl]], wife of murdered journalist [[Daniel Pearl]].<ref name="G140907">Pulver, Andrew; [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/sep/14/4 "Rapid response unit"] ''The Guardian'', 14 September 2007</ref> The film stars [[Angelina Jolie]] and focuses on the pregnant Mariane's search for her missing husband in Pakistan in 2002. Produced by Jolie's then-partner [[Brad Pitt]], it was shot in the autumn of 2006 in India, Pakistan and France and premiered out of competition at the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]] on 21 May 2007.<ref name="cannes-2007.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4431903/year/2007.html |title=Festival de Cannes: A Mighty Heart |access-date=20 December 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>

In 2008, his film ''[[Genova (2008 film)|Genova]]'' was released. It was a family drama about an Englishman, played by [[Colin Firth]], who moves his two American daughters to Italy following the death of his wife. Once there, the oldest girl starts exploring her sexuality, while the younger girl begins to see the ghost of her mother.<ref name="T310309">Johnston, Sheila;  [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/5060994/Michael-Winterbottom-interview-on-his-film-Genova.html "Michael Winterbottom interview: on his film 'Genova'"] ''The Daily Telegraph'', 31 March 2009</ref> It co-stars [[Catherine Keener]] and [[Hope Davis]] and was filmed in the titular city of [[Genoa]], Italy, during the summer of 2007.<ref name="G140907" />

In 2009, Winterbottom was reunited with his ''[[The Road to Guantanamo]]'' co-director Mat Whitecross on a documentary based on [[Naomi Klein]]'s bestselling book ''[[The Shock Doctrine]]''. The film follows the use of upheavals and disasters by various governments as a cover for the implementation of free market economic policies that benefit only an elite few. Klein at first disowned the film after learning that it would be composed almost entirely of period footage and narration, with virtually no interview material with sources.<ref>Jones, Sam; [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/aug/28/naomi-klein-winterbottom-shock-doctrine "Naomi Klein disowns Winterbottom adaptation of Shock Doctrine"] ''The Guardian'', 28 August 2009</ref> The film premiered at the 2009 [[Berlin Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/the-shock-doctrine-1200473725/ | title=The Shock Doctrine | date=10 February 2009 }}</ref> and aired in the UK on Channel 4's More4 documentary channel on 1 September 2009. It made its American premiere at the 2010 [[Sundance Film Festival]], alongside Winterbottom's following film. At the festival, Klein, who had reconciled herself with the filmmakers' approach,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.popmatters.com/119829-the-shock-doctrine-2496157014.html | title=The Shock Doctrine, PopMatters | date=28 January 2010 }}</ref> participated in a Q&A with Winterbottom and Whitecross.<ref>
https://www.sundance.org/blogs/shock-doctrine-michael-winterbottom-qa/</ref>