Michael Winterbottom - biography

“When you start being enthusiastic about whatever it is you like, that is the golden age for you.”

“I still enjoy watching films more than making them.”

“When people approach me about my films it is usually to tell me how much they hate them.”

“If you do a story about a British journalist rescuing a child from Sarajevo, then Sarajevo just becomes an exotic location, and the story’s about this British journalist.”

“I’m a fan of music from all over the world.”

“I prefer to watch people.”

“I think it would be impossible if you had a name like mine not to get a little flack for it.”

“There’s still a 1950s view of cinema, that there’s one audience and they all want to see the same thing.”

Michael Winterbottom directed the following films:
Go Now (1995)
Jude (1996)
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
I Want You (1998)
With or Without You (1999)
The Claim (2000)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Code 46 (2003)
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
A Mighty Heart (2007)
The Killer Inside Me (2010)
Trishna (2011)


Michael Winterbottom contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
The Road to Guantanamo (2006)