Claim: Michael Winterbottom has worked with actors.

Not to be confused with the classical scholar Michael Winterbottom -LRB- academic -RRB- .   Michael Winterbottom -LRB- born 29 March 1961 -RRB- is an English filmmaker . He began his career working in British television before moving into features . Three of his films -- Welcome to Sarajevo , Wonderland and 24 Hour Party People -- have competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival .  Winterbottom often works with the same actors ; many faces can be seen in several of his films , including Shirley Henderson , Paul Popplewell , John Simm , Steve Coogan , Rob Brydon , Raymond Waring and Kieran O'Brien .