Birthplace: Blackburn, Lancastershire, England, United Kingdom
biography
A talented and intelligent British filmmaker of intense and often introspective relationship dramas, Michael Winterbottom studied film in Bristol and London after completing a degree in English at Oxford. He first worked in the industry when he got a job in the cutting room at Thames Television, and made the transition to director via two well-received documentaries, "Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern" and "Ingmar Bergman: The Director" (both 1988), profiling the revered Swedish filmmaker. Winterbottom then formed a semi-regular working relationship with screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce when
First worked in the film and TV industries with a job in the cutting room at Thames Television
1988
First work as director: made two TV documentaries about Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, "Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern" (for Channel 4) and "Ingmar Bergman: The Director" (for ITV)
1989
First worked with screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce on the made-for-TV young adult dramas, "The Strangers" and "Forget About Me"
1993
Directed opening two-hour TV-movie installment of the British crime drama series, "Cracker"; opening episode entitled "Cracker: The Mad Woman in the Attic"
