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English writer Michael Hirst is best known as the BAFTA-nominated writer of the 1998 biopic "Elizabeth," starring Cate Blanchett, Joseph Fiennes, and Geoffrey Rush. In a rich investigation into the early life of Queen Elizabeth I, Hirst explored the human relationships and political intrigues crucial to her early years of power. In 2007 he again teamed with director Shekhar Kapur and muc...

Filmography

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Pope Joan (2009)

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Elizabeth (1998)

Uncovered (1994)

The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe (1991)

Meeting Venus (1991)

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Deceivers, The -- (Movie Clip) India, 1825

Deceivers, The -- (Movie Clip) She Knows He Is Dead

Biography

English writer Michael Hirst is best known as the BAFTA-nominated writer of the 1998 biopic "Elizabeth," starring Cate Blanchett, Joseph Fiennes, and Geoffrey Rush. In a rich investigation into the early life of Queen Elizabeth I, Hirst explored the human relationships and political intrigues crucial to her early years of power. In 2007 he again teamed with director Shekhar Kapur and much of the original cast for "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," this time focusing on the deep divides and threats to Elizabeth's reign, as well as her love affair with Sir Walter Raleigh, played by Clive Owen. Hirst's fascination with the Tudor dynasty continued in 2007 with his creation of the Showtime series "The Tudors." Set in the court of a young Henry VIII, played by Irish heart-throb Jonathan Rhys Meyers, the show plays like a soap opera, full of sex, scandal, violence, and intrigue. Historical events are secondary to the powerful monarch's daily life at court, including his pursuit of a male heir, hobby of bedding beautiful women, and penchant for executing his wives.

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Pope Joan (2009)

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Elizabeth (1998)

Uncovered (1994)

The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe (1991)

Meeting Venus (1991)

Fools of Fortune (1990)

Gdzieskolwiek jest, jeslis jest (1988)

The Deceivers (1988)

Producer (Feature Film)

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Executive Producer

Film Production - Construction/Set (Feature Film)

Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1991)

Spaced Invaders (1990)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

Life Events

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Deceivers, The -- (Movie Clip) India, 1825 Opening sequence, surely the most violent in any Merchant-Ivory film, though directed by Nicholas Meyer, British Lieutenant Maunsell (Gary Cady) terrified, in The Decievers, 1988.

Deceivers, The -- (Movie Clip) She Knows He Is Dead Captain Savage (Pierce Brosnan) and his new wife (Helena Michell), just returned to their post, learn from Chandra Sing (Shashi Kapoor) that a widow (Neena Gupta) plans to sacrifice herself, in the Merchant-Ivory production, The Deceivers, 1988.

Deceivers, The -- (Movie Clip) Ritual Killings Savage (Pierce Brosnan), convinced that he witnessed a mass murder the night before, presses Chandra (Shashi Kapoor) to keep his troops digging, eventually finding the remains of Maunsell (Gary Cady), in the Merchant-Ivory production of Nicholas Meyer's The Deceivers 1988.

Ballad Of The Sad Cafe, The -- (Movie Clip) Miss Amelia Idyllic but weird scene for Vanessa Redgrave as "Miss Amelia," tending to her backwoods still, in the Merchant-Ivory production of The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe, 1991, from the Carson McCullers novel.

Ballad Of The Sad Cafe, The -- (Movie Clip) The Word Of The Lord! Townsfolk gather in the woods to hear preacher Reverend Willin (Rod Steiger), attentive until the train arrives, in The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe, 1991, from the Carson McCullers novel.

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