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Michael Cumming

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Michael Cumming is an award winning director and filmmaker, successfully working at the cutting edge since the ‘90s.

A graduate of the legendary Royal College of Art Film School and recipient of an honorary doctorate for his groundbreaking television work, Dr Cumming’s directing work combines a strong visual sense with a talent for capturing extraordinary performances. It includes the controversial ‘Brass Eye’ series and his feature film documentary about it ‘Oxide Ghosts’, five series of political pranks and polemics on ‘The Mark Thomas Product’, cult classic ‘Snuff Box’, Jo Brand’s improvised comedy drama ‘Going Forward’ and three series of Matt Berry’s BAFTA winning sitcom, ‘Toast Of London’ and it’s follow up, ‘Toast of Tinseltown’.

 

Credits

FEATURE FILM
Date: 2020/21
Production (role):
King Rocker (Director / Editor / Exec-producer)
Project details:
Feature film documentary with Stewart Lee
Date: 2017
Production (role):
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes (Director / Producer / Editor / Narrator)
Date: 2015
Production (role):
Across A Lake, Blow the Hill (Director / Producer / Editor / Co-Writer)
Project details:
Short film

Shown as part of ‘The Less Familiar: How Artists Work With Buildings’
TELEVISION
Date: 2022
Production (role):
Toast Of Tinseltown (Director)
Company:
Objective Fiction / BBC2
Project details:
Series director
Date: 2021
Production (role):
Sandylands 2 (Director)
Company:
King Bert / UKTV
Project details:
Series director
Date: 2020
Production (role):
SANDYLANDS (Director)
Company:
King Bert / UKTV
Project details:
Series director

Comedy drama series. Starring David Williams, Hugh Bonneville, Sanjeev Bhashkar, Sophie Thompson & Simon Bird
Date: 2016
Production (role):
GOING FORWARD
Company:
BBC4
Project details:
Improvised comedy drama series staring Jo Brand
Date: 2013-2015
Production (role):
TOAST OF LONDON
Company:
C4
Project details:
WINNER: Best Actor - Matt Berry BAFTA 2015
WINNER: Best Sitcom - Rose d’Or and British Comedy Awards 2014

NOMINATED: Best Sitcom BAFTA 2014
Date: 2012
Production (role):
GITTINS
Company:
C4
Project details:
Broadcast pilot starring David Earl
Date: 2012
Production (role):
THE UNSPEAKABLE PLAY
Company:
C4
Project details:
Toast Of London broadcast pilot
Date: 2012
Production (role):
MARK STEEL’S IN... LEITH
Company:
BBC Red Button
Project details:
Multi-camera director
Date: 2012
Production (role):
ALAN DAVIES: LIFE IS PAIN
Project details:
DVD of Alan's live show recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo
Date: 2011
Production (role):
SHOW ME THE FUNNY
Company:
ITV
Project details:
Multi-camera director
Date: 2010
Production (role):
STEWART LEE 41st BEST STAND UP EVER
Company:
Comedy Central
Project details:
Multi-camera director
Date: 2007-2009
Production (role):
THE OMID DJALILI SHOW
Company:
BBC1
Project details:
Location & studio director/co-writer
Date: 2008-2009
Production (role):
STEWART LEE’S COMEDY VEHICLE (Pilot & Series 1)
Company:
BBC2
Project details:
Location & multi-camera director
Date: 2007
Production (role):
THE PETER SERAFINOWICZ SHOW (Pilot & Series)
Company:
BBC2
Date: 2007
Production (role):
LENNY HENRY: SO MUCH THINGS TO SAY
Company:
BBC1
Project details:
Multi-camera director
Date: 2007
Production (role):
MARK THOMAS: SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIMINAL
Company:
Tricycle Theatre
Project details:
DVD of his stand up show recorded at the Tricycle Theatre
Date: 2006
Production (role):
TOUCH ME I’M KAREN TAYLOR (Pilot & Special)
Company:
BBC3
Project details:
Location & studio director
Date: 2006
Production (role):
SNUFF BOX
Company:
BBC3
Project details:
Matt Berry & Rich Fulcher’s cult comedy
Date: 2006
Production (role):
DOWN THE LINE: BEHIND THE MICROPHONE
Company:
BBC Red Button
Project details:
Whitehouse & Higson documentary

Director/producer/camera
Date: 2004-2005
Production (role):
THE LENNY HENRY SHOW
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Location & studio director
Date: 2004-2005
Production (role):
MARK STEEL LECTURES
Company:
BBC
Project details:
BAFTA Nominated
Date: 2003
Production (role):
THREE NON BLONDES (Series 1)
Company:
BBC
Date: 2002
Production (role):
THE SECRET MAP OF BRITAIN
Company:
C4
Project details:
Mark Thomas 60' special. Co-director
Date: 1997-2002
Production (role):
MARK THOMAS PRODUCT
Company:
C4
Project details:
Location & studio director
Date: 2001
Production (role):
WORLD OF PUB
Company:
BBC2
Project details:
Sitcom starring Peter Serafinowicz, Kevin Eldon and Phil Cornwell
Date: 2001
Production (role):
BREMNER, BIRD & FORTUNE’S EXIT POLL
Company:
C4
Project details:
60min special. Location director
Date: 2000
Production (role):
JACK DEE’S FULL MOUNTIE
Company:
BBC1
Project details:
Location & multi-camera director
Date: 2000
Production (role):
ALISTAIR MCGOWAN’S BIG IMPRESSION
Company:
BBC1
Project details:
Location & studio director.

WINNER: British Comedy Awards
Date: 1999
Production (role):
ROCK PROFILE (Series 1)
Company:
BBC2
Project details:
Starring Matt Lucas & David Walliams
Date: 1999
Production (role):
SHADOWS OF REFLECTION
Company:
C4
Project details:
Kevin Eldon’s Comedy Lab
Date: 1999
Production (role):
KISS KISS BANG BANG
Company:
C4
Project details:
Cinema Series with Charlie Higson.

Series Director
Date: 1998
Production (role):
MARK THOMAS ASYLUM BILL
Company:
C4
Project details:
60' special. Location & studio director
Date: 1998
Production (role):
RORY BREMNER: FROM BLAIR TO HERE
Company:
C4
Project details:
60' special. Location director
Date: 1995-1997
Production (role):
BRASS EYE (2 Pilots & Series)
Company:
C4
Project details:
Location & studio director
Date: 1996
Production (role):
THE SUNDAY SHOW (Series 2)
Company:
BBC2
Project details:
USA location director/producer/writer
Date: 1995
Production (role):
THE WORD (Series 5)
Company:
C4
Project details:
USA & UK location director/producer/writer
Date: 1994
Production (role):
LONELY PLANET: BRAZIL
Company:
C4/National Geographic
Date: 1994
Production (role):
OVER THE MOON
Company:
C4
Project details:
30' special. Director/co-producer/writer
Date: 1994
Production (role):
AN AFTERNOON ON THE MOON
Company:
BBC1
Project details:
An afternoon on CBBC. Co-producer/location director/co-writer
Date: 1993
Production (role):
THE EDGE
Company:
ITV
Project details:
Kids series. Location director
Date: 1993
Production (role):
SECRET LIVES
Company:
ITV
Project details:
Documentary Series. Director/producer
Date: 1991-1993
Production (role):
THE CHILDREN’S CHANNEL
Company:
ITV
Project details:
Studio & Location Director
Date: 1989
Production (role):
ERIC WALLACE’S GHOST STORIES
Company:
ITV
Project details:
30' special. Director/producer/writer
Date: 1988
Production (role):
TOMORROWS WORLD
Company:
BBC1
Project details:
Location film director/producer/writer
COMMERCIALS
Date: 2017
Production (role):
CRAVENDALE: THE MOONICOW
Company:
Wieden & Kennedy
Date: 2016
Production (role):
PILGRIMS CHOICE
Company:
Kamarama
Date: 2012
Production (role):
STRIDE: MINTACULAR
Company:
Wieden + Kennedy
Date: 2012
Production (role):
ODDKA
Company:
Euro RSCG/Aardman
Date: 2002
Production (role):
GLC: ANTI LITTER
Project details:
Cinema Commercial
Date: 2001
Production (role):
MOTOROLA: V BOX
MUSIC
Date: 2020
Production (role):
Gales Doc by The Nightingales (Director)
Company:
Fire Films
Date: 2019
Production (role):
Pretty Shining People by George Ezra (Director)
Company:
Sony Records
Date: 2015-2016
Production (role):
SIXTEEN MUSIC FILMS FOR MATT BERRY (Director / Producer / Camera / Editor)

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Project details
  • Date: 2020/21
    Production (role): King Rocker (Director / Editor / Exec-producer)
    Project details: Feature film documentary with Stewart Lee
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes (Director / Producer / Editor / Narrator)
    Project details:
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): Across A Lake, Blow the Hill (Director / Producer / Editor / Co-Writer)
    Project details: Short film

    Shown as part of ‘The Less Familiar: How Artists Work With Buildings’
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): Toast Of Tinseltown (Director)
    Company: Objective Fiction / BBC2
    Project details: Series director
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): Sandylands 2 (Director)
    Company: King Bert / UKTV
    Project details: Series director
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): SANDYLANDS (Director)
    Company: King Bert / UKTV
    Project details: Series director

    Comedy drama series. Starring David Williams, Hugh Bonneville, Sanjeev Bhashkar, Sophie Thompson & Simon Bird
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): GOING FORWARD
    Company: BBC4
    Project details: Improvised comedy drama series staring Jo Brand
  • Date: 2013-2015
    Production (role): TOAST OF LONDON
    Company: C4
    Project details: WINNER: Best Actor - Matt Berry BAFTA 2015
    WINNER: Best Sitcom - Rose d’Or and British Comedy Awards 2014

    NOMINATED: Best Sitcom BAFTA 2014
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): GITTINS
    Company: C4
    Project details: Broadcast pilot starring David Earl
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): THE UNSPEAKABLE PLAY
    Company: C4
    Project details: Toast Of London broadcast pilot
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): MARK STEEL’S IN... LEITH
    Company: BBC Red Button
    Project details: Multi-camera director
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): ALAN DAVIES: LIFE IS PAIN
    Company:
    Project details: DVD of Alan's live show recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): SHOW ME THE FUNNY
    Company: ITV
    Project details: Multi-camera director
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): STEWART LEE 41st BEST STAND UP EVER
    Company: Comedy Central
    Project details: Multi-camera director
  • Date: 2007-2009
    Production (role): THE OMID DJALILI SHOW
    Company: BBC1
    Project details: Location & studio director/co-writer
  • Date: 2008-2009
    Production (role): STEWART LEE’S COMEDY VEHICLE (Pilot & Series 1)
    Company: BBC2
    Project details: Location & multi-camera director
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): THE PETER SERAFINOWICZ SHOW (Pilot & Series)
    Company: BBC2
    Project details:
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): LENNY HENRY: SO MUCH THINGS TO SAY
    Company: BBC1
    Project details: Multi-camera director
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): MARK THOMAS: SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIMINAL
    Company: Tricycle Theatre
    Project details: DVD of his stand up show recorded at the Tricycle Theatre
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): TOUCH ME I’M KAREN TAYLOR (Pilot & Special)
    Company: BBC3
    Project details: Location & studio director
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): SNUFF BOX
    Company: BBC3
    Project details: Matt Berry & Rich Fulcher’s cult comedy
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): DOWN THE LINE: BEHIND THE MICROPHONE
    Company: BBC Red Button
    Project details: Whitehouse & Higson documentary

    Director/producer/camera
  • Date: 2004-2005
    Production (role): THE LENNY HENRY SHOW
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Location & studio director
  • Date: 2004-2005
    Production (role): MARK STEEL LECTURES
    Company: BBC
    Project details: BAFTA Nominated
  • Date: 2003
    Production (role): THREE NON BLONDES (Series 1)
    Company: BBC
    Project details:
  • Date: 2002
    Production (role): THE SECRET MAP OF BRITAIN
    Company: C4
    Project details: Mark Thomas 60' special. Co-director
  • Date: 1997-2002
    Production (role): MARK THOMAS PRODUCT
    Company: C4
    Project details: Location & studio director
  • Date: 2001
    Production (role): WORLD OF PUB
    Company: BBC2
    Project details: Sitcom starring Peter Serafinowicz, Kevin Eldon and Phil Cornwell
  • Date: 2001
    Production (role): BREMNER, BIRD & FORTUNE’S EXIT POLL
    Company: C4
    Project details: 60min special. Location director
  • Date: 2000
    Production (role): JACK DEE’S FULL MOUNTIE
    Company: BBC1
    Project details: Location & multi-camera director
  • Date: 2000
    Production (role): ALISTAIR MCGOWAN’S BIG IMPRESSION
    Company: BBC1
    Project details: Location & studio director.

    WINNER: British Comedy Awards
  • Date: 1999
    Production (role): ROCK PROFILE (Series 1)
    Company: BBC2
    Project details: Starring Matt Lucas & David Walliams
  • Date: 1999
    Production (role): SHADOWS OF REFLECTION
    Company: C4
    Project details: Kevin Eldon’s Comedy Lab
  • Date: 1999
    Production (role): KISS KISS BANG BANG
    Company: C4
    Project details: Cinema Series with Charlie Higson.

    Series Director
  • Date: 1998
    Production (role): MARK THOMAS ASYLUM BILL
    Company: C4
    Project details: 60' special. Location & studio director
  • Date: 1998
    Production (role): RORY BREMNER: FROM BLAIR TO HERE
    Company: C4
    Project details: 60' special. Location director
  • Date: 1995-1997
    Production (role): BRASS EYE (2 Pilots & Series)
    Company: C4
    Project details: Location & studio director
  • Date: 1996
    Production (role): THE SUNDAY SHOW (Series 2)
    Company: BBC2
    Project details: USA location director/producer/writer
  • Date: 1995
    Production (role): THE WORD (Series 5)
    Company: C4
    Project details: USA & UK location director/producer/writer
  • Date: 1994
    Production (role): LONELY PLANET: BRAZIL
    Company: C4/National Geographic
    Project details:
  • Date: 1994
    Production (role): OVER THE MOON
    Company: C4
    Project details: 30' special. Director/co-producer/writer
  • Date: 1994
    Production (role): AN AFTERNOON ON THE MOON
    Company: BBC1
    Project details: An afternoon on CBBC. Co-producer/location director/co-writer
  • Date: 1993
    Production (role): THE EDGE
    Company: ITV
    Project details: Kids series. Location director
  • Date: 1993
    Production (role): SECRET LIVES
    Company: ITV
    Project details: Documentary Series. Director/producer
  • Date: 1991-1993
    Production (role): THE CHILDREN’S CHANNEL
    Company: ITV
    Project details: Studio & Location Director
  • Date: 1989
    Production (role): ERIC WALLACE’S GHOST STORIES
    Company: ITV
    Project details: 30' special. Director/producer/writer
  • Date: 1988
    Production (role): TOMORROWS WORLD
    Company: BBC1
    Project details: Location film director/producer/writer
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): CRAVENDALE: THE MOONICOW
    Company: Wieden & Kennedy
    Project details:
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): PILGRIMS CHOICE
    Company: Kamarama
    Project details:
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): STRIDE: MINTACULAR
    Company: Wieden + Kennedy
    Project details:
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): ODDKA
    Company: Euro RSCG/Aardman
    Project details:
  • Date: 2002
    Production (role): GLC: ANTI LITTER
    Company:
    Project details: Cinema Commercial
  • Date: 2001
    Production (role): MOTOROLA: V BOX
    Company:
    Project details:
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): Gales Doc by The Nightingales (Director)
    Company: Fire Films
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): Pretty Shining People by George Ezra (Director)
    Company: Sony Records
  • Date: 2015-2016
    Production (role): SIXTEEN MUSIC FILMS FOR MATT BERRY (Director / Producer / Camera / Editor)
    Company:

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