The Trip To Italy
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Writers: Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Michael Winterbottom
Producer: Melissa Parmenter
U.S. Distributor: IFC Films
Cast: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rosie Fellner
Michael Winterbottom...
The Look of Love
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Writer(s): Matt Greenhalgh
Producer(s): Melissa Parmenter
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Imogen Poots, Anna Friel, Stephen Fry, Steve Coogan, Tamsin Egerton and...
Along with Francois Ozon, Michael Winterbottom is easily the most prolific, hardest working and most diverse filmmaker in the business and has lineage to...
Michael Winterbottom is a director of rare versatility – at age 45, he has 26 directorial credits on his resume, including TV shows (“Boon”, “Cracker”), drama (In This World, Wonderland), Sci-Fi (Code 46), war (Welcome to Sarajevo) and comedy (24 Hour Party People). Now with his latest film, The Road to Guantanamo, Winterbottom delivers a hyper-energetic retelling of the story of the “Tipton Three” – three British citizens of Pakistani heritage who were detained by Afghani, British and American forces for nearly three years without evidence against them, legal counsel, or any formal charges.
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.