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Also Known As	David Stephen Mitchell
Born	January 12, 1969 (age 56) • Southport • England
Notable Works	“Black Swan Green” • “Cloud Atlas” • “Ghostwritten” • “Number9dream” • “Slade House” • “The Bone Clocks” • “The Thousands Autumns of Jacob de Zoet” • “Utopia Avenue”

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British writer and director Mike Leigh.

Mike Leigh

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