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Mike Newell (director)

Mike Newell, English director and producer

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Born
March 28, 1942
Age in 2026
84
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1942

About Mike Newell (director)

Michael Cormac Newell (born 28 March 1942) is an English director and producer of film and television. He won BAFTA Awards for Best Direction and Best Film for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). His other films include Dance with a Stranger (1985), Enchanted April (1991), Donnie Brasco (1997), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), and Great Expectations (2012). He won the BAFTA for Best Direction for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), which also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film, and directed the films Donnie Brasco (1997) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). For his directorial efforts, Newell won the Award of the Youth at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.

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Mike Newell (director) timeline

  1. For his directorial efforts, Newell won the Award of the Youth at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
  2. He won the BAFTA for Best Direction for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), which also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film, and directed the films Donnie Brasco (1997) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).

The world when Mike Newell (director) was born

Mike Newell (director) was born in 1942. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1942

  • #1 song"White Christmas" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieCasablanca
  • Best-selling bookThe Song of Bernadette – Franz Werfel

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Negro League World Series
  • Top headlineBattle of Midway becomes turning point of WWII in the Pacific
  • Technology milestoneEnrico Fermi achieves first nuclear chain reaction
  • Defining fadRationing and war bonds
  • Notable inventionNapalm
  • World population2.35 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population134.9M

1942 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mike Newell (director)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19422026
Gas$0.20$3.45/gal
Average home$5,600$435,000
Average income$3,800$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population134.9M341 million

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