Mike Newell
Birthday: 28 March 1942, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Birth Name: Michael Cormac Newell
Height: 188 cm
Attended Cambridge University. Three year training course at Granada Television, with intention of going into theatre. Graduated to directing TV plays, building strong reputation for work with David H ...Show More
Romantic comedies are backbreaking to write because they have to be fresh. I've yet to find another Show more
Romantic comedies are backbreaking to write because they have to be fresh. I've yet to find another one which was surprising enough to do. Hide
I don't like the term chick flick. I think it denigrates a movie. It has overtones of talking down t Show more
I don't like the term chick flick. I think it denigrates a movie. It has overtones of talking down to women, like they are second best. We don't call The Last Samurai a guy flick, do we? Hide
[on making the fourth Harry Potter movie] "I was very anxious to break the franchise out of this goo Show more
[on making the fourth Harry Potter movie] "I was very anxious to break the franchise out of this goody-two-shoes feel. It's my view that children are violent, dirty, corrupt anarchists. Just adults-in-waiting basically." Hide
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