Michael Hayes
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 3, 1929
- Died
- September 16, 2014 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Barking, Essex, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
Nice
Movie · Director
Skorpion
TV · Director · 6 eps
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
Movie · Director
A Christmas Carol
Movie · Director
Doctor Who: City of Death
Movie · Director
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Movie · Director
Prince Regent
TV · Director · 1 ep
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
Movie · Director
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
Movie · Director
All Creatures Great and Small
TV · Director · 4 eps
The Standard
TV · Director · 2 eps
When the Boat Comes In
TV · Director · 10 eps
Oil Strike North
TV · Director · 4 eps
Churchill's People
TV · Director · 4 eps
Rooms
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Mikado
Movie · Director
Mill Hill
Movie · Director
The Sextet
TV · Director · 1 ep
Barlow
TV · Director · 5 eps
The Onedin Line
TV · Director · 3 eps
Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
Movie · Director
Play for Today
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Promise
Movie · Director
Take Three Girls
TV · Director · 4 eps
Review
TV · Director · 1 ep
Infidelity Took Place
Movie · Director
Charlie
Movie · Director
A Flea in Her Ear
Movie · Director
The Jazz Age
TV · Director · 2 eps
Boy Meets Girl
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Executioner
Movie · Director
Softly, Softly
TV · Director · 1 ep
Thirteen Against Fate
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Spies
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Wars of the Roses
Movie · Director
The Wars of the Roses
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Troubleshooters
TV · Director · 3 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · Director · 5 eps
Detective
TV · Director · 2 eps
Theatre 625
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Wednesday Play
TV · Director · 4 eps
Cluff
TV · Director · 1 ep
Sherlock Holmes
TV · Director · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · Director · 14 eps
Moonstrike
TV · Director · 1 ep
First Night
TV · Director · 1 ep
Festival
TV · Director · 1 ep
Z-Cars
TV · Director · 9 eps
A for Andromeda
TV · Director · 7 eps
An Age of Kings
TV · Director · 15 eps
Sunday-Night Play
TV · Director · 2 eps
Maigret
TV · Director · 3 eps