About Michael Tuchner
Lived 1932 – 2017 (aged 84). Michael Tuchner was a British film director, television director, theatre director and director.
Michael John Tuchner (24 June 1932 – 17 February 2017) was a British film and theatre director.
Born in Berlin, to German-Jewish parents, he was seven years old when his family moved to Britain with the rise of the Nazis. He eventually read classics at University College London, where he was president of the film society, and subsequently joined the BBC as a trainee editor on the Tonight programme. After work on documentaries and commercials, he made his debut as a TV director with The Wednesday Play in 1969.
He then made The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982), the Disney film Trenchcoat (1983), Wilt (1989) and Back to the Secret Garden (2001). Nominated for a BAFTA TV Award four times, he won for the 1975 television play Bar Mitzvah Boy.
He died on 17 February 2017 at the age of 84.
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Who was Michael Tuchner?
British film director (1932–2017)
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Michael Tuchner was born on 24 June 1932 in Berlin.
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Michael Tuchner died on 17 February 2017.
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Michael Tuchner was a film director, television director, theatre director and director.
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Michael Tuchner was British.
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