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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.[2] 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 Michael was awarded an honorary doctorate for his outstanding contribution to television & film production.[3] BiographyEarly lifeCumming was born in Kendal in the county of Westmorland (now Cumbria) and lived in Windermere for the first 19 years of his life. He developed an early interest in music, playing drums in a cabaret duo, jazz trio, punk and post punk bands from the age of 14. He also played bass, guitar and sang lead vocals in several bands between 1976 and 1984. His interest in filmmaking started at school in The Lakes School Cine Club, where he made his first films on Super 8. In 2015 Cumming returned to The Lakes School, one of the first purpose built comprehensive schools in the UK, to make a short film for the 50th Anniversary entitled 'Across A Lake, Below The Hill'. After a foundation course in Art & Design from Cumbria College of Art and a degree in Fine Art from The University of Wolverhampton, he studied for a Master of Arts degree at the Royal College of Art film school. He graduated, with distinction, in 1987. At the RCA Cumming made films based on the work of Kurt Vonnegut Jr., John Cage & Eric Wallace who all gave their blessing to his films.[2] Early TV careerOn graduating from the Royal College Of Art, Cumming began his directing career at the BBC making film inserts for the science show Tomorrows World. This was followed by making kids TV at the Children's Channel with ex Magpie presenter Mick Robertson and starting a production company with presenter Gareth Jones, called Better Television. In 1994, Better Television were commissioned to make an afternoon of children's TV for BBC1 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the moon landings called An Afternoon On The Moon. In the same year, Better Television also made the space special Over The Moon for Channel 4. Both shows featured Gareth Jones and comedian and impressionist Phil Cornwell. In 1995, Cumming directed one of the first shows in the long running Lonely Planet travel series, traveling to Brazil with presenter Ian Wright. This was followed by a stint directing the film inserts for the final series of The Word on Channel 4.[1] TV Comedy DirectingBetween 1995-97 Cumming directed Chris Morris' satire on current affairs: Brass Eye for Channel 4 and it's pilot Torque TV, originally commissioned by the BBC. After Brass Eye, he worked for many years with comedian Mark Thomas, directing five series of his Mark Thomas Product series. Cumming worked with Matt Lucas & David Williams, directing their BBC series Rock Profile as well as directing specials for Bremner, Bird and Fortune, Jack Dee and Kevin Eldon. In 2000, Cumming directed the first series of the award winning BBC1 comedy Alistair McGowan's Big Impression and the following year he helmed the Tony Roach sitcom World Of Pub for BBC 2 starring Phil Cornwell, Kevin Eldon & Peter Serafinowicz. In 2003, for the newly launched BBC 3, Cumming directed the first series of Three Non Blondes starring Jocelyn Jee Eisen, Tameka Empson and Ninia Benjamin. From 2004-5 he directed the first 2 series of the BAFTA nominated Mark Steel Lectures as well as two series of The Lenny Henry Show for BBC 1.[2] Cumming teamed up with Rich Fulche Between 2012 and 2015, Cumming was back working with Matt Berry again directing the pilot and all 18 episodes of the multi award winning Toast Of London. As well as winning a Comedy Award and The Rose d'Or, Berry won the best male comedy performer BAFTA for Toast Of London, in 2015. The Independent said of the series: "Berry and co deserve to be celebrated, as this is one of the very few genuinely funny comedy series on TV right now" [5] In 2016, Cumming Directed the improvised BBC4 comedy series Going Forward starring Jo Brand and Omid Djalili.[2] FilmmakingCumming has made a number of films for art galleries, exhibiting at the Whitworth Young Contemporaries and the Bracknell, Brighton and Sheffield video festivals. A compilation of his early video artworks is held in the BFI archive [6] and is regularly broadcast on American Cable TV show Here Comes Everybody.[7] His short film Beachcomber, about the Sellafield nuclear re processing plant and made with artist Kevin Carr, was selected for the Sedition show in 2010 and the Sea Change exhibition in 2014. In 2017 he made a film to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Brass Eye. Oxide Ghosts:The Brass Eye Tapes featured unseen material from the director's personal archive and played to over 60 sold out cinemas all over the UK and Ireland. The shows featured an introduction and Q&A session from Cumming. The film continues to have occasional screenings and Cumming has made it clear that these live events will be the only way to see the film.[8] Late 2018 saw the announcement of Cumming's latest independent film project. In collaboration with comedian & writer Stewart Lee, the pair are telling the story of Robert Lloyd and the ups and downs of his band of 40 years The Nightingales. The feature length doccumentary is slated for release in 2019[9] References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Michael Cumming (I)|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191832/|website=IMDb|accessdate=2 December 2017}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web|url=http://www.michaelcumming.co.uk/Home.html|title=michael cumming|website=www.michaelcumming.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-01-10}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=University announces honours list|url=http://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/news-and-events/latest-news/2017/august-2017/university-announces-honours-list.php|website=University of Wolverhampton|publisher=University of Wolverhampton|accessdate=2 December 2017}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2007/aug/08/whiskywhybbc3shouldanother|title=Whisky... !: why BBC3 should re-open its Snuff Box|date=2007-08-08|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-04-13}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/toast-of-london-tv-review-yes-its-silly-childish-and-crude-but-matt-berry-and-co-deserve-to-be-a6739886.html|title=Toast of London: Matt Berry and co deserve to be celebrated|date=2015-11-18|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-04-13|language=en-GB}} 6. ^http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6e496469 7. ^http://straightjacketuk.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/here-comes-everybody-insane.html 8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/oct/21/brass-eye-20-years-anniversary-chris-morris|title=Twenty years on … how comedy genius Chris Morris invented ‘fake news’|last=Thorpe|first=Vanessa|date=2017-10-21|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-04-13}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2018/12/20/41950/stewart_lee_films_post-punk_documentary|title=Stewart Lee films post-punk documentary : News 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-01-22}} External links
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