Andrew Haigh

Andrew Haigh (born 7 March 1973) is an English filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the films Weekend (2011), 45 Years (2015), Lean on Pete (2017), and All of Us Strangers (2023). He also wrote and produced the HBO series Looking (2014–2015) and its film sequel Looking: The Movie (2016), as well as the BBC Two limited series The North Water (2021).

Works

On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers

On The Red Carpet presents an in-depth look at the making of All of Us Strangers.

Release Date2024-01-06

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Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece

New featurette, writer/director Brad Bird, writer/director Andrew Haigh, director Danny Boyle, and cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond, amongst others, discuss the Nic Roeg's diverse body of work and his visual style as well as Don't Look Now.

Release Date2019-07-29

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Vote Count1

A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now

New featurette, David Cronenberg, cinematographer Anthony B. Richomond, and professor Sarah Street (University of Bristol), amongst others, discuss the use of color in Don't Look Now as well as the manner in which it affects the film's tone and atmosphere

Release Date2019-07-29

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The OA

Prairie Johnson, blind as a child, comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight restored. Some hail her a miracle, others a dangerous mystery, but Prairie won’t talk with the FBI or her parents about the seven years she went missing.

Release Date2016-12-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count1245

The Count of Monte Cristo

Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.

Release Date2002-01-23

DepartmentEditing

JobAssistant Editor

Vote Count1880

Looking

Three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men.

Release Date2014-01-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count157

All of Us Strangers

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.

Release Date2023-12-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count875

The North Water

Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.

Release Date2021-07-14

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count5

Vote Count148

Passages

Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.

Release Date2023-06-28

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count201

Lean on Pete

Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.

Release Date2018-04-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count347

45 Years

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

Release Date2015-05-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count759

Looking: The Movie

Patrick returns to San Francisco for the first time in almost a year to celebrate a momentous event with his old friends. In the process, he must face the unresolved relationships he left behind and make difficult choices about what’s important to him.

Release Date2016-07-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count223

Weekend

After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.

Release Date2011-10-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count544

Markings

A road painter in Nevada tries to come to terms with what is missing from his life.

Release Date2005-03-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Greek Pete

Just as doctors, lawyers and others strive to reach the top of their professions, Greek Pete longs to reach the pinnacle of his. The only difference is that he's a rent boy, and the recognition he seeks is a nod from the World Escort Awards.

Release Date2009-04-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count19

Belly of the Beast

Under notorious literary titan Norman Mailer’s mentorship, Jack Henry Abbott is paroled after nearly a decade in prison and gains instant popularity among the literary elite. However, he struggles with life on the outside, whilst Mailer turns his back on the man after becoming jealous of Jack’s rising fame. The rebuff leads to Jack spiralling and committing an act of violence in a New York City diner just six weeks after his release.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Pet Shop Boys: A New Bohemia

Following the release of All of Us Strangers, acclaimed British filmmaker Andrew Haigh shoots Tracey Emin and Russell Tovey alongside the Pet Shop Boys in the music video for new single A New Bohemia, taken from their latest album Nonetheless – released on Parlophone, and premiering exclusively on NOWNESS. Discussing the project, Andrew Haigh said, “I have loved the Pet Shop Boys since the release of Please. I have every album and have seen them play live many times over the years. Getting to make a music video with them has been a dream come true.” “We had a lovely sunny day in Margate filming this video with Andrew Haigh, fresh from his success with All of Us Strangers," Pet Shop Boys shared. "Thanks to Andrew and all concerned, in particular the many local residents who took part, including Russell Tovey and Tracey Emin.”

Release Date2024-06-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Five Miles Out

Cass is sent away on holiday with her cousins where she meets a boy on a secret mission. All the while, in the back of her mind, is her sister back home in a hospital bed.

Release Date2009-11-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count9

Oil

Through the mists of a Sunday morning hangover Richard looks back at a failed relationship.

Release Date2003-06-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Untitled Leonardo da Vinci Film

Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Cahuenga Blvd.

A one night stand in the middle of the afternoon.

Release Date2005-09-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

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