![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Director, Executive Producer, Editor Born: March 29, 1961 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England Biography:Acclaimed British filmmaker "Michael Winterbottom" is known for making intense, passionate films that explore the demands of human relationships and emotional commitment. He first earned recognition with "Butterfly Kisses" (1995), a somewhat controversial revision of the buddy/road genre that told the story of a pair of lesbians ("Saskia Reeves" and "Amanda Plummer") who go on a killing spree across Great Britain.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, on March 29, 1961, Winterbottom earned a degree at Oxford and received film training in Bristol and London. After beginning his professional career as a film editor for Thames Television, he directed two documentaries about "Ingmar Bergman" and a few television series, most notably the acclaimed BBC drama "Family" (1994). The same year that "Butterfly Kiss" was released, Winterbottom presented audiences with a film of an entirely different sort. "Go Now",... Full Biography
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