Director
Michael Hayes
Born April 3, 1929 in Barking, Essex, UK
Died September 16, 201416 films
Michael Hayes (3 April 1929 – 16 September 2014) was a British television director and newsreader.
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As a young man, Hayes was an actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Later, he worked for the BBC in various roles, beginning as a studio manager for the World Service and working his way up to directing for television.
His most notable work was directing the hugely successful BBC drama adaptations of various Shakespeare plays, collectively entitled An Age of Kings, in 1960. Amongst Hayes's other credits, he directed three Doctor Who serials starring Tom Baker, including 1979's City of Death and also helmed the BBC's 1961 adaptation of A for Andromeda.
Filmography
16 films as director- 1984NiceDirector
- 1981Tales from the Thousand and One NightsDirector
- 1980A Christmas CarolDirector
- 1979Doctor Who: City of DeathDirector
- 1979Doctor Who: The Armageddon FactorDirector
- 1978Merry Christmas Doctor WhoDirector
- 1978Doctor Who: The Androids of TaraDirector
- 1973The MikadoDirector
- 1972Mill HillDirector
- 1970Rest in Peace, Uncle FredDirector
- 1969The PromiseDirector
- 1968A Flea in Her EarDirector
- 1968CharlieDirector
- 1968Infidelity Took PlaceDirector
- 1966The ExecutionerDirector
- 1965The Wars of the RosesDirector