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MIKE FASH |
Born: 29 April 1940, New Malden, Surrey, UK, as Michael Fash.
Education: Richmond Art School [Portrait Painting]; London University [Photography].
Career: Was accepted into the BBC training program finally specializing in Film. After several years and after becoming a doph, he left the BBC and formed his own company. Worked for Thames Television and ph many tv-doc's and tvm's. Moved into commercials and feature films. As more and more of his work became based in the USA he emigrated with his family to New England basing himself out of New York. He launched his own commercials company.
Now lives in Los Angeles and taught at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Also active as director.
Was a member [now honorary member] of the BSC.
Awards: BAFTA TV Award nom [1978] for 'The One and Only Phyllis Dixey'; 'Emmy' Award nom [1979-80; shared] for 'A Movie Star's Daughter'.
FILMS |
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1981 |
Britannia Hospital [Lindsay Anderson] c |
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1982 |
Betrayal [David Hugh Jones] c |
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1984 |
Get to Know IT [ep 'IT - Fibre Optics' & 'IT - Satellites' dir by Anthony Wilkinson] c; series of comm doc's |
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1984 |
Success Is the Best Revenge [Jerzy Skolimowski] c |
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1986 |
The Whales of August [Lindsay Anderson] c |
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1997 |
Time to Say Goodbye? [David Hugh Jones] c |
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1997 |
The Unknown Cyclist [Bernard Salzmann] c; cph: B. Salzmann |
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1998 |
The Confession [David Hugh Jones] c; addph: Geoffrey Erb |
TELEVISION |
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1969 |
St Ann's [Stephen Frears] doc/47m/b&w; ep Thames-tv current affairs series 'Report' |
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1969 |
Now That the Buffalo's Gone: A Report on the Past and Present of the American Indian [Ross Devenish] doc/75m; ep Thames-tv current affairs series 'Report' |
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1970 |
And on the Eighth Day [Richard Broad] 4-part doc series |
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1970 |
Accident Department [David Gill] doc/?m; ep series 'This Week' |
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1971 |
Communities - Where the Houses Used to Be [Carlos Pasini] doc/49m; ep Thames-tv current affairs series 'Report' |
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1971 |
Queen of Hearts [Carlos Pasini] doc/b&w-c/52m; cph: Frank Hodge; filmed 1971-72 |
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1972 |
Black Man's Burden [Richard Broad] doc/50m/b&w |
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1972 |
Two Women [Mira Hamermesh] doc/55m/16mm |
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1972 |
A Passage to England [Chris Goddard] doc/?; cph: Frank Hodge & Raymond Sieman |
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1972 |
Bunny [Frank Cvitanovich] doc/60m |
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1973 |
Grief [Jolyon Wimhurst] doc/50m |
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1973 |
Limits to Growth [Richard Broad] doc/33m/16mm |
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1973 |
The World at War [ep #1 'A New Germany (1933-1939)' dir by Hugh Raggett] 26-part doc series/b&w-c; cph: Peter Lang & Frank Hodge; for ITV; repeat on BBC2 in 1994-95 |
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1973 |
The Public's Right to Know [Silvio Narizzano] doc/60m; cph: Frank Hodge & Grenville Middleton |
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1974 |
Peter Ind - Music Maker [Chris Goddard] doc/35m |
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1974 |
The Enchanted Loom [Terence Dixon] doc/55m |
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1974 |
Wynford [Jolyon Wimhirst] 3-part doc series |
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1974 |
Berkeley Castle [John Rhodes] doc/30m; ep series 'A Place in History' |
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1974 |
Beauty, Bonny, Daisy, Violet, Grace and Geoffrey Morton/Shire Horses [Frank Cvitanovich] doc/52m |
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1974 |
The Sun Is God [- The Life of J.M.W. Turner] [Michael Darlow] doc/55m |
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1974 |
This Week: 1844 [Richard Broad] 3-part dram doc/80m/16mm |
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1975 |
Girl in a Broken Mirror [David Hodgson] mus doc/60m; for Thames-tv |
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1975 |
Barry Sheene - Daytona 1975 [Frank Cvitanovich] doc/60m |
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1975 |
The Case Against Dogs [Jolyon Wimhurst] doc/60m; cph: Raymond Sieman; ep Thames-tv current affairs series 'Report' |
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1975 |
A Fall Like Lucifer [Gloria Wood] doc/60m; ep Thames-tv current affairs series 'Report' |
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1975 |
The Naked Civil Servant [Jack Gold] tvm/16mm; ep series 'The Wednesday Special' |
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1975 |
Edmund Kean - The Sun's Bright Child [David Munro] doc/60m; for Thames-tv |
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1975 |
Double Agent: A Conversation with Graham Greene [Alan Cooke] interview/55m; ep series 'The Wednesday Special' |
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1976 |
Hazlitt in Love [Michael Darlow] dram doc/50m; for Thames-tv |
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1977 |
Billy - Violence in a Family [Michael Whyte] doc/52m; for Thames-tv |
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1978 |
Jimmy [Michael Whyte] doc/52m; for Thames-tv |
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1978 |
French Studies [ep 'Au travail - L'abbaye de Fonrevaud', 'Au travail - Handicapes en vacances' & 'Au travail - Centre d'echanges international' dir by Tony Davenall] series |
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1978 |
The Road from Eltham [Terence Dixon] doc/58m; for Thames-tv |
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1978 |
Highwayman [Richard Denton] doc/26m; for Thames-tv |
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1978 |
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey/Peek-A-Boo [Michael Tuchner] tvm |
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1978 |
Rumpole of the Bailey [ep #1 'Rumpole and the Younger Generation' dir by Herbert Wise & #4 'Rumpole and the Married Lady' dir by Graham Evans] 44-part series, 1978-92; 1st season, 1978 |
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1978 |
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall [Randa Haines] tvm/57m; ep PBS-tv series 'American Short Story' |
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1979 |
A Christmas Without Snow [John Korty] tvm |
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1979 |
A Movie Star's Daughter [Robert Fuest] tvm/46m/16mm; cph: John Beymer; an ABC-tv 'Afterschool Special' |
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1979 |
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg [Ralph Rosenblum] tvm/40m; ep PBS-tv series 'American Short Story' |
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1979 |
Rappaccini's Daughter [Dezsö Magyar] tvm/57m; ep PBS-tv series 'American Short Story' |
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1980 |
Only in America [prod: Michael Houldey] 3-part doc series |
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1981 |
Bill [Anthony Page] tvm |
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1981 |
[An Act of Love:] The Patricia Neal Story/Patricia Neal: An Untold Story [Anthony Harvey (USA) & Anthony Page (UK)] tvm; cph: Reynaldo Villalobos (USA) |
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1981 |
Summer [Dezsö Magyar] tvm for PBS-tv series 'Great Performances' |
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1981 |
The Electric Grandmother [Noel Black] tvm/60m |
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1981 |
King of America [Dezsö Magyar] tvm; ep PBS-tv series 'American Playhouse' |
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1982 |
Red Monarch [Jack Gold] tvm |
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1982 |
The File on Jill Hatch [Alastair Reid] 3-part miniseries (1983); ph USA; ph UK: Remi Adefarasin |
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1983 |
Bill: On His Own [Anthony Page] tvm |
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1983 |
Adam [Michael Tuchner] tvm |
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1983 |
The Sky's No Limit/The Sky's the Limit [David Lowell Rich] tvm |
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1983 |
Terrible Joe Moran [Joseph Sargent] tvm |
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1984 |
Private Sessions [Michael Pressman] pilot |
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1985 |
Kane & Abel [Buzz Kulik] 3-part miniseries |
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1986 |
Women of Valor [Buzz Kulik] tvm |
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1986 |
Stones for Ibarra [Jack Gold] tvm; ep #269 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series |
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1988 |
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders [Dick Lowry] tvm |
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1988 |
Glory! Glory!/Sister Ruth, Glory! Glory! [Lindsay Anderson] 2-part tvm; 2uc: John Dyer |
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1989 |
When He's Not a Stranger [John Gray] tvm |
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1990 |
[Tennessee William's] Orpheus Descending [Peter Hall] tvm |
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1990 |
Sarah, Plain and Tall [Glenn Jordan] tvm; ep #278 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series |
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1990 |
A Woman Named Jackie [Larry Peerce] 3-part miniseries |
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1990 |
The World of Jewish Humor [Rex Bloomstein] perf/90m; cph: Brian Tufano, Roger Grange & Ted Haimes; ep PBS-tv series 'Great Performances' |
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1990 |
Lies Before Kisses [Lou Antonio] tvm |
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1991 |
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story/Triumph of the Heart [Richard Michaels] tvm |
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1991 |
In Sickness and in Health/Hearts on Fire [Jeff Bleckner] tvm |
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1991 |
Silent Cries/Guests of the Emperor [Anthony Page] tvm |
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1992 |
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story [Linda Otto] tvm |
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1992 |
Miss America: Behind the Crown [Richard Michaels] tvm |
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1992 |
[Sarah, Plain and Tall:] Skylark [Joseph Sargent] tvm; ep #284 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series |
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1992 |
Not in My Family/Shattering the Silence [Linda Otto] tvm |
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1993 |
There Are No Children Here [Anita W. Addison] tvm |
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1993 |
Christy [pilot + 5 ep dir by Michael Ray Rhodes] 21-part series, 1994-95; 1st season, 1994 |
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1994 |
Christy [various] 2nd season, 1994-95; other ph: Frank Perl; see 1993 |
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1994 |
[Danielle Steel's] A Perfect Stranger [Michael Miller] tvm |
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1995 |
Entertaining Angels [: The Dorothy Day Story] [Michael Ray Rhodes] tvm |
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1995 |
Second Noah [various] 21-part series, 1996-97; 1st season, 1996; other ph: Kees van Oostrum (pilot) & Alan Degen |
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1995 |
[Danielle Steel's] Mixed Blessings [Bethany Rooney] tvm |
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1996 |
Second Noah [various] 2nd season, 1996-97; see 1995 |
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1996 |
[Louis L'Amour's] Shaughnessy [the Iron Marshal] [Michael Ray Rhodes] tvm (created as - unaired - pilot for CBS-tv; aired on Starz! Western Channel in 2002) |
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1997 |
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story [Jean de Segonzac] tvm |
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1998 |
Ice [Jean de Segonzac] tvm |
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1998 |
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story [Stephen Tolkin] tvm |
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1998 |
Grace and Glorie [Arthur Allan Seidelman] tvm |
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1998 |
Love Letters [Stanley Donen] tvm |
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1998 |
Double Platinum [Robert Allan Ackerman] tvm |
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1999 |
Forget Me Never [Robert Allan Ackerman] tvm |
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1999 |
Flowers for Algernon/Charlie [Jeff Bleckner] tvm |
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1999 |
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery [Bill Duke] tvm & pilot; followed by 28-part series, 2001-02; series ph: Derek Rogers & John Berrie |
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1999 |
Take Me Home: The John Denver Story [Jerry London] tvm/HD; aph: John Trapman |
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2000 |
Strong Medicine [various] 132-part series, 2000-06/16mm; 1st season, 2000-01; other ph: David Hennings (pilot dir by Robert Lieberman) |
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2000 |
Custody of the Heart/A Woman's Place [David Hugh Jones] tvm |
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2001 |
Strong Medicine [various] 2nd season, 2001-02; see 2000 |
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2002 |
Strong Medicine [various] 3rd season, 2002-03; see 2000 |
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2003 |
Strong Medicine [8 ep dir by various] 4th season, 2003-04; see 2000 |
TELEVISION AS DIRECTOR |
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1994 |
Christy [ep #17 'Green Apples'] 2nd season, 1994-95; ph: ?; see Television 1994 |
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1995 |
Second Noah [ep #7 'Ghost Story' & #11 'A Dog's Life'] 1st season, 1996; ph: ?; see Television 1995 |
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1996 |
Second Noah [ep #20 'Desperately Seeking Mickey'] 2nd season, 1996-97; ph: ?; see 1995 |
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2000 |
Strong Medicine [ep #15 'Blessed Events'] 1st season, 2000-01; + ph; see Television 2000 |
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2001 |
Strong Medicine [ep #25 'Gray Matter', #31 'Control Group' & #40 'Shock'] 2nd season, 2001-02; + ph; see 2000 |
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2002 |
Dinotopia: The Series [ep #6 'Big Fight' (co-d: David Winning) & #8 'LeSage' (co-d: David Winning)] 13-part series, 2002-03; ph: Martin Kenzie (ep #1-12) & John Daly (ep #13); 2uc: Nyika Jancsó |
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2002 |
Strong Medicine [ep #48 'Heartbeat' & #60 'PMS, Lies and Red Tape'] 3rd season, 2002-03; + ph; see 2000 |
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With actress Erin Sanders & 1st asst dir Cindy Potthast - "Strong Medicine" [ep "Prescriptions"] Photo by Erin Sanders.com |
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2003 |
Strong Medicine [ep #72 'Misdiagnosis Murder' & #82 'Prescriptions'] 4th season, 2003-04; + ph; see 2000 |