Alison Steadman Alison Steadman Alison Steadman, (born 26 August 1946) is an English actor. She won the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film "Life is Sweet", and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as Mari in the original production of "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice". In a 2007 Channel 4 poll, the "50 Greatest Actors" voted for by other actors, she was ranked No. 42. Steadman made her professional stage debut in 1968 and went on to establish her career in Mike Leigh's 1970s TV plays "Nuts
Miguel Pereira (film director) Miguel Pereira (film director) Miguel Pereira (born April 12, 1957 in San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy Province, Argentina) is a film director, producer and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina. Pereira was a film student at the London Film School in the early 1980s and graduated in 1982. His breakout film as a director and, also his first, was "Verónico Cruz" (1988), an Argentine and British co-production, which won many awards at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival, including the Silver Berlin Bear. From 2002 to 2008 he was the president of the Mar Del Plata