| Birthdate: | February 20, 1943 |
| Birthplace: | Salford, Lancashire, England |
| Occupations: | Actor, Director, Writer |
| Claim to Fame: | Directed Secrets and Lies |
| Significant Other(s): | Wife: Alison Steadman. Actor. Married September 15, 1973;
divorced in 1996. |
| Family: | Grandfather: Mayer Lieberman. Portrait minaturist.
Russian; immigrated to UK in 1902. Father: Alfred Abraham Leigh. Doctor. Met wife through the Habonim, a left-wing Zionist youth organization; changed name from Lieberman to Leigh. Mother: Phyllis Pauline Leigh (nee Cousin). Met husband through the Habonim, a left-wing Zionist youth organization. Son: Toby Leigh. Born in 1978 mother Alison Steadman. Son: Leo Leigh. Born in 1981; mother Alison Steadman. |
| Awards: | 1972: Received Locarno Film Festival Golden Leopard Award
for Bleak Moments. 1972: Received Chicago Film Festival Golden Hugo Award for Bleak Moments. 1973: Received George Devine Award. 1981: Received LONDON EVENING STANDARD Award for Best Comedy for Goose-Pimples. Stage play. 1981: Received London Critics Choice Award for Best Comedy for Goose-Pimples. Stage play. 1984: Received People's Prize for Meantime. 1991: Received National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film for Life Is Sweet. 1993: Received Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award for Naked. 1995: Received BAFTA Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema. 1996: Received Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or for Secrets and Lies. 1996: Received Los Angeles Flim Critics Association Award for Best Director for Secrets and Lies. 1996: Received Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for Secrets and Lies. 1996: Received London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best British Director for Secrets and Lies. 1996: Received Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film for Secrets and Lies. |
| Education: | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. Camberwell School of Art School in London, England London International School of Film Technique. Central School of Art and Design in London, England
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