Michael Ferguson (director)
| Michael Ferguson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 June 1937 (age 79) Surrey, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | TV Producer/Director, screenwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1962–2002 |
| Television | EastEnders |
| Children | 2 daughters |
Michael Ferguson (born 14 June 1937) is a British script writer, television director and television producer. Ferguson has been described as a “long term champion of realistic popular drama”. Ferguson was executive producer of the BBC soap opera, EastEnders between 1989 and 1991. He was responsible for the introduction of two of the soap's most popular and long-running characters, Phil and Grant Mitchell, in 1990. He has also contributed significantly to ITV's popular police drama, The Bill, as well as BBC's science fiction show, Doctor Who, for which he directed four serials.
Ferguson started his career as an actor, before moving into directing. He began directing for the BBC in the 1960s, contributing to television shows such as Z-Cars (1962–67), The Newcomers, Compact (1964), 199 Park Lane (1965), Out of the Unknown (1969), and Doctor Who for which he directed the serials The War Machines (1966), The Seeds of Death (1969), The Ambassadors of Death (1970) and The Claws of Axos (1971). He remained at the BBC during the 1970s, directing various programmes including Quiller (1975) and Colditz (1972), before moving to rival network ITV in 1976.
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