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Michael John Tuchner (24 June 1932 – 17 February 2017) was a British film and
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. Born in
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, to German-Jewish parents, he was seven years old when his family moved to Britain with the rise of
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. He eventually read
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at
University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...
, where he was president of the film society, and subsequently joined the
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as a trainee
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'' programme. After work on documentaries and commercials, he made his debut as a TV director with ''
The Wednesday Play ''The Wednesday Play'' is an anthology series of United Kingdom, British television plays which ran on BBC One, BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramati ...
'' in 1969.
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s followed, and Tuchner's credits included ''
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'' (1971), '' Fear is the Key'' (1972), ''
Mister Quilp ''Mister Quilp'' is a 1975 British musical film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Anthony Newley, David Hemmings and Jill Bennett. It is based on the 1841 novel ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' by Charles Dickens, under which name it was als ...
'' (1975), the film version of ''
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'' (1976), ''
The Hunchback of Notre Dame ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (french: Notre-Dame de Paris, translation=''Our Lady of Paris'', originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. It focuses on the unfortunate story o ...
'' (1982), the Disney film ''
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'' (1983), '' Wilt'' (1989) and '' Back to the Secret Garden'' (2001). Nominated for a
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four times, he won for the 1975
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Bar Mitzvah Boy "Bar Mitzvah Boy" is the first episode of seventh season of the British BBC anthology TV series ''Play for Today''. The television play was originally broadcast on 14 September 1976. It was written by Jack Rosenthal, directed by Michael Tuchner ...
''. He died on 17 February 2017 at the age of 84.Bergen, Ronald; Apted, Michael (March 23, 2017).
Michael Tuchner obituary
. ''
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''. Retrieved 2021-01-02.


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* 1932 births 2017 deaths British film directors {{UK-film-director-stub