Michael Hirst

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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Anthony Jones
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Associate Agent: Danielle Walker
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Film, TV & Theatre

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STARMAN

MGM Television

THE FIFTH BEATLE

Fox Television

NAPOLEON

Charles Finch

LUCY CARRICK

Caryn Mandabach Productions

Television

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BILLY THE KID

Epix

Series 1
8 Episodes
Showrunner/Writer

VIKINGS VALHALLA

MGM

Consultant

THE VIKINGS

MGM/The History Channel/Amazon

Seasons 1-6 (90 Episodes)
with Travis Fimmer, Katheryn Winnick & Gabriel Byrne
* Winner Best Television Series - Drama, Satellite Awards 2018
* Winner Best Drama, Irish Film & Television Awards 2016
* Winner Best International Drama, Canadian Screen Awards 2016 & 2015

THE TUDORS Series 1 - 4

Showtime / Reveille

38 Episodes
Director: Charles McDougall, Steve Shill
with Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sam Neill, Henry Cavill, Jeremy Northam, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Natalie Dormer
* Nominated for Best Television Series – Drama, Golden Globe Awards 2007
* Nominated for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series, 23rd Annual Gemini Awards 2008
* Nominated for Best Drama Series, Irish Film & Television Awards 2009

HAVE NO FEAR: THE LIFE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II

Lorenzo Minoli/ABC/Five Mile River Films Ltd

Television Film
Director: Jeff Bleckner
with Thomas Kretschmann

Film

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ELIZABETH

Working Title/Polygram

Original Screenplay
Directed by Shekhar Kapur
Produced by Alison Owen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
with Cate Blanchette, Geoffrey Rush
* BAFTA nomination for Best Original Screenplay 1999

UNCOVERED

Filmania Productions

Adapted from the novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Directed by Jim McBride
Produced by Affonso Beato
with Kate Beckinsale, John Wood

1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE

Paramount

Rewrite
Directed by Ridley Scott

MEETING VENUS

Enigma/Warners/I Szabo

Directed by Istvan Szabo
with Glenn Close

THE BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE

Merchant Ivory

From the play by Edward Albee
Directed by Simon Callow
Produced by Walter Lassally
with Vanessa Redgrave, Rod Steiger

FOOLS OF FORTUNE

Working Title

Adapted from the novel by William Trevor
Directed by Pat O’Connor
with Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Julie Christie

WHEREVER YOU ARE

Joint screenplay with Zanussi
Directed by K Zanussi/M Forstater
with Julian Sands

THE DECEIVERS

Merchant Ivory

Adapted from the novel by John Masters
Directed by Nicholas Meyer
Produced by Walter Lassally
with Perce Brosnan, Shashi Kapoor