ABOUT MIKE NEWELL
Winner of the 1994 BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Four Weddings and a Funeral.
He directed various British TV shows in the 1960s such as Spindoe.
He became the first British director of the Harry Potter film series when he directed Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
His parents were amateur actors.
His most popular film of the 1990s, Four Weddings and a Funeral, earned Hugh Grant a Golden Globe for Best Actor.
