Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottomis an English filmmaker. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films — Welcome to Sarajevo, Wonderland and 24 Hour Party People — have been nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Winterbottom often works with the same actors; many faces can be seen in several of his films, including Shirley Henderson, Paul Popplewell, John Simm, Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Raymond Waring and Kieran O'Brien...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth29 March 1961
The film tries to tell their story. We are trying to show what happened to them from their point of view. They are normal people simply caught up in events.
If you do a story about a British journalist rescuing a child from Sarajevo, then Sarajevo just becomes an exotic location, and the story's about this British journalist.