After his 1971 first film, "Bleak Moments", this director spent  17 years working in television. His unusual method of improvising a  screenplay in consultation with his actors left him struggling for  financial backing, until a string of critical successes began with  1988's "High Hopes". His more recent films "Life is Sweet" and  "Naked" portray working- and under-class life in London. FTP, name  this British director recently nominated for an 
After his 1971 first film, "Bleak Moments", this director spent  17 years working in television. His unusual method of improvising a  screenplay in consultation with his actors left him struggling for  financial backing, until a string of critical successes began with  1988's "High Hopes". His more recent films "Life is Sweet" and  "Naked" portray working- and under-class life in London. FTP, name  this British director recently nominated for an Oscar for his film  "Secrets and Lies".
After his 1971 first film, "Bleak Moments", this director spent  17 years working in television.
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