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Michael Cumming
Kendal, England, UK
Michael Cumming is a British director and filmmaker. He is best known for directing comedy shows such as Brass Eye, Toast of London, Toast of Tinseltown, The Mark Thomas Product,…
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Michael Cumming is a British director and filmmaker. He is best known for directing comedy shows such as Brass Eye, Toast of London, Toast of Tinseltown, The Mark Thomas Product, Snuff Box, The Mark Steel Lectures and Rock Profile. After graduating from the Royal College of Art film school in the late 1980s, Cumming began directing at the BBC on Tomorrow's World and then as a freelance director on shows including Lonely Planet, The Word & The Sunday Show before moving into comedy. Brass Eye was his first comedy directing credit. Alongside comedy directing, Cumming also makes independent films. His 2017 cinema-only release – Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes - played to sell-out audiences throughout the UK. In 2017 Cumming was awarded an honorary doctorate for his outstanding contribution to television & film production. He is a member of BAFTA, Directors UK and the Performing Rights Society.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Melt It! The Film of the Iceman
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Toast of Tinseltown
TV show Director
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2021
The Golden Afternoon
Movie Director
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2020
King Rocker
Movie Writer
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2020
Sandylands
TV show Director
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2017
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
Movie Himself (narrator)
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2016
Going Forward
TV show Director
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2014
Video In/Audio Out
Movie Director
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2013
Alan Davies: Life Is Pain
Movie Director
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2013
Toast of London
TV show Director
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2008
Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever!
Movie Director
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2007
Mark Thomas: Serious Organised Criminal
Movie Director
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2007
The Peter Serafinowicz Show
TV show Director
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2006
Snuff Box
TV show Director
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2005
Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
Movie Director
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1997
Brass Eye
TV show Director
More credits
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1989
Beachcomber
Movie Editor
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Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here
Movie Director
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Untitled Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee project
Movie Director
