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Michael Hayes profile
Director

Michael Hayes

Directing

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Directed credits

23

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Strong directing catalog.

TMDB popularity

0.4

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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 14All crew credits: 25

TMDB ID: 1226619

IMDb ID: nm0371157

Known for: Directing

Born: April 3, 1929

Died: September 16, 2014

Age: 85

Place of birth: Barking, Essex, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1960 - 2007

Years active: 48

Average TMDB rating: 7.84

Wikidata: Q18330773

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Director (23)Producer (2)

Biography

Michael Hayes (3 April 1929 – 16 September 2014) was a British television director and newsreader. 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.

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