Mike Newell(I)

Director
Producer
Executive

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Mike Newell at an event for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Set in medieval Persia, a rogue prince (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins a mysterious princess (Gemma Arterton) in an effort to prevent a dark force from obtaining an ancient dagger that allows its handler to rule the world.

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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

Mike Newell was born on 28 March 1942 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Donnie Brasco (1997). He is married to Bernice Stegers. They have three children.

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Won 2 BAFTA Awards
- 16 wins & 13 nominations total

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Known for

Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Simon Callow, John Hannah, and Charlotte Coleman in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

Four Weddings and a Funeral

7.1

Director

1994

Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Clémence Poésy, Robert Pattinson, and Stanislav Yanevski in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

7.7

Director

2005

Johnny Depp and Al Pacino in Donnie Brasco (1997)

7.7

Director(directed by)

1997

Into the West (1992)

7.0

Director

1992

Credits

Director

One Red Nose and a Wedding
6.6
TV Short
- Director
- 2019
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
7.3
- Director
- 2018
The Interestings
6.7
TV Movie
- Director
- 2016
Great Expectations
6.3
- Director
- 2012
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
6.5
- Director
- 2010
Love in the Time of Cholera
6.4
- Director
- 2007
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
7.7
- Director
- 2005
Mona Lisa Smile
6.6
- Director
- 2003
Jo
6.9
TV Movie
- Director
- 2002
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil
6.6
Video
- Director (segment Istanbul)
- 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
7.5
TV Series
- Director
- 1995–1999
Pushing Tin
6.0
- Director
- 1999
Donnie Brasco
7.7
- Director (directed by)
- 1997
An Awfully Big Adventure
5.8
- Director
- 1995
Four Weddings and a Funeral
7.1
- Director
- 1994

Producer

Enchanted Kingdom
7.5
- executive producer
- 2014
Great Expectations
6.3
- executive producer
- 2012
Huff
7.9
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2004–2006
The Branch
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2003
I Capture the Castle
6.8
- executive producer
- 2003
Jo
6.9
TV Movie
- producer
- 2002
Traffic
7.6
- executive producer
- 2000
High Fidelity
7.4
- executive producer
- 2000
Best Laid Plans
6.1
- executive producer
- 1999
200 Cigarettes
6.0
- executive producer
- 1999
Photographing Fairies
6.8
- executive producer
- 1997

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Personal details

Alternative name
- Cormac Newell
Height
- 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
Born
- March 28, 1942
- St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Spouse
- Bernice Stegers? - present (3 children)
Publicity listings
- 1 Interview
- 1 Article

Did you know

Trivia
After accepting the job for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), became the first British director the film series has had.

Quotes
[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."

Trademark

Salary
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  (2005)
  $1,000,000

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