Michael Samuels is British television director, producer and writer.
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He directed ''Any Human Heart
''Any Human Heart: The Intimate Journals of Logan Mountstuart'' is a 2002 novel by William Boyd, a British writer. It is written as a lifelong series of journals kept by the fictional character Mountstuart, a writer whose life (1906–1991 ...
'' for which he won a BAFTA, and in 2018 he won an International Emmy for '' Man in an Orange'' ''Shirt''''. ''He also won a Royal Television Society Award for ''The Curse of Steptoe
''The Curse of Steptoe'' is a television play which was first broadcast on 19 March 2008 on BBC Four as part of a season of dramas about television personalities. It stars Jason Isaacs as Harry H. Corbett and Phil Davis (actor), Phil Davis as Wil ...
. ''Other works include The Falklands Play
''The Falklands Play'' is a dramatic account of the political events leading up to, and including, the 1982 Falklands War. The play was written by Ian Curteis, an experienced writer who had started his television career in drama, but had increa ...
'', The Vice
Vice is a stock character of the medieval morality plays. While the main character of these plays was representative of every human being (and usually named Mankind, Everyman, or some other generalizing of humanity at large), the other character ...
, ''The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
''The Last Days of Lehman Brothers'' is a British television film, first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD on Wednesday 9 September 2009. Filmed in London, it was written by Craig Warner and directed by Michael Samuels. It was shown as part of the ...
'', Mrs. Mandela, The Fear'', Black Work
''Black Work'' is a three-part British detective fiction thriller starring Sheridan Smith as police officer Jo Gillespie. The series, produced by Mammoth Screen in association with LipSync productions and Screen Yorkshire and directed by Michael ...
and Close To Me.
Samuels directed ''The Windermere Children
''The Windermere Children'' is a 2020 biographical drama film written by Simon Block and directed by Michael Samuels. Based on the experience of child survivors of the Holocaust, it follows the children and staff of a camp set up on the Calga ...
'', broadcast simultaneously in the UK on the BBC and in Germany on ZDF on 27 January 2020, about the child refugees who survived the concentration camps and were taken to the English Lakes District in an attempt to rehabilitate them. The film was nominated for a BAFTA in 2021, and won the Prix Europa Award for Best European Television Movie of the year.
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''Jewish Chronicle'' 2 December 2010
"Michael Samuels directs a star-studded series for ITV" (includes photo of Samuels)
British television directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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