GUESTS
Mike Leigh
Comments: Discovering Mike Leigh, at the 1986 SFIFF, was the first Mike Leigh retrospective in U.S.
- 1986, Four Days in July, Director
- 1986, Meantime, Director
- 1986, Home Sweet Home, Director
- 1986, Grown Ups, Director
- 1986, Nuts in May, Director
- 1989, High Hopes, Director
FACTOID #80
Irving ’Bud’ Levin, owner of San Francisco’s Metro Theatre, founded the SFIFF in 1957. However, Levin credited the idea for creating the Festival to the Italian consul general at the time, Pierluigi Alvera, who became one of its staunchest supporters.
