Michael Lindsay-Hogg

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Michael Lindsay-Hogg (born May 5, 1940 in New York City , New York ) is an American film and theater director and screenwriter .

life and career

Michael Lindsay-Hogg was born in New York City in 1940, the son of actress Geraldine Fitzgerald . He started his career as a director in television. Between 1964 and 2000 he directed numerous television films and dozens of episodes from well-known television series .

Since 1970 he has made a name for himself as a specialist in music documentaries in addition to productions for television, among other things, he has staged several cinema documentaries by large pop and rock bands, including Let It Be a documentary about the Beatles (1970), Neil Young in Berlin ( 1983), Paul Simon, Graceland: The African Concert (1987), Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who (1994) or The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996). In addition, since the early 1970s, he has also directed numerous theater plays for the stage.

Since 1977, Lindsay-Hogg has also directed several feature films for the cinema, including the comedy An Unprecedented Affair (1977) with Glenda Jackson , Melina Mercouri and Geraldine Page in the leading roles, the crime film Object of Beauty with John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell (1991 ), the film drama Frankie Starlight (1995) with Matt Dillon , Gabriel Byrne and Anne Parillaud or the thriller Death in Front of the Camera (1997) with the cast Vincent D'Onofrio , Hope Davis and Kimber Riddle .

Michael Lindsay-Hogg's biological father was the actor Orson Welles , but was recognized as a son by Sir Edward Lindsay-Hogg, 4th Baron.

Filmography (selection)

Film direction

  • 1970: Let It Be (documentary)
  • 1977: An Unprecedented Affair (Nasty Habits)
  • 1982: The Sound of Murder
  • 1983: Neil Young in Berlin (documentary)
  • 1987: Paul Simon, Graceland: The African Concert (documentary)
  • 1991: Object of Beauty (The Object of Beauty)
  • 1994: Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who (documentary)
  • 1995: Frankie Starlight
  • 1996: The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (documentary)
  • 1997: Death in front of the camera (Guy)
  • 2001: Waiting for Godot

TV direction

  • 1964–1966: Ready, Steady, Go! (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1973: No Pardon for Guardian Angels (The Protectors) (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 1981: Brideshead Head (Brideshead Revisited) (TV miniseries)
  • 1982: Simon and Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park (TV documentary)
  • 1985: Dr. Fischer from Geneva (Dr. Fischer of Geneva) (TV movie)
  • 1986: Persecuted and Chased (Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story) (TV movie)
  • 1987: The girl with the miracle woods (The Little Match Girl) (TV movie)
  • 1989: Murder on the Moon (Movie made for TV)
  • 1992: The Habitation of Dragons (TV movie)
  • 1992: First Lady im Zwielicht (Running Mates) (TV movie)
  • 1996: Ivana Trump: Love Can't Buy (For Love Alone: ​​The Ivana Trump Story) (TV Movie)
  • 2000: Two of Us (TV movie)
  • 2015–2017: Tinsel's Town (TV series, 28 episodes)

script

Theater (selection)

Theater direction

  • 1961: The Cave Dwellers (Greenwich Mews Theater)
  • 1979: Whose Life is it Anyway? (Trafalgar Theater)
  • 1980: Whose Life is it Anyway? (Royale Theater)
  • 1982–1983: Agnes of God ( Music Box Theater )
  • 1985: The Normal Heart (The Public Theater / LuEsther Hall)
  • 1985: The Boys of Winter ( Biltmore Theater )
  • 1986: The Widow Claire (Circle in the Square Downtown)
  • 1999: The Moment When ( Playwrights Horizons )

Theater actor

Awards

  • 1979: Tony Award nomination on Broadway for Best Director (Play) for Whose Life Is It Anyway?

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Lindsay-Hogg in: Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery and Detection , by Amnon Kabatchnik, Scarecrow Press, 2012, page 339
  2. ^ Portrait of Michael Lindsay-Hogg in: The New York Times
personal data
SURNAME Lindsay-Hogg, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States