---
name: "Michael Armstrong"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-armstrong"
fi1m_id: "michael-armstrong"
imdb_id: "nm0035830"
tmdb_id: 71031
wikidata_id: "Q6828266"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 July 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:29:55.255898+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Michael Armstrong

## Identity

Michael Armstrong

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-armstrong
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-armstrong
- **IMDb ID:** nm0035830
- **TMDB ID:** 71031
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6828266
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Armstrong_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6828266, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035830/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71031

Writer. Born 24 July 1944 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 July 1944, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Armstrong_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6828266, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035830/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71031

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Lifeforce*](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md) (65)

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## Biography

Michael Armstrong is an English writer and director. Born on 24 July 1944 in Bolton, Lancashire, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

He wrote the screenplay for *House of the Long Shadows* (1983) and contributed uncredited rewrites to *Lifeforce* (1985). Other credits include the screenplay and direction of *Mark of the Devil* (1970), the screenplay for *The Black Panther* (1977), and episodes of the television series *The Professionals* (1977).

Armstrong directed the short film *The Image* (1969), which featured David Bowie in his first screen role.

*Sources: imdb.com, michaelarmstrong.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lifeforce* (1985), Fi1m 65, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *House of the Long Shadows... Revisited* (2012), Actor
- *Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *A Steven Wright Special* (1985), Writer
- *Lifeforce* (1985), Screenplay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)
- *House of the Long Shadows* (1983), Screenplay
- *Screamtime* (1983), Director, Screenplay
- *The Best of the Adventures* (1981), Writer
- *Dreamhouse* (1981), Writer
- *Shoestring* (1979), series, Writer
- *Return of the Saint* (1978), series, Story
- *Adventures of a Plumber's Mate* (1978), Casting
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, Writer
- *The Black Panther* (1977), Screenplay
- *Adventures of a Private Eye* (1977), Screenplay, Associate Producer
- *It Could Happen to You* (1976), Writer
- *Adventures of a Taxi Driver* (1976), as Customer (uncredited) · Associate Producer
- *Three for All* (1975), as Sylvester
- *Eskimo Nell* (1975), as Dennis Morrison · Writer
- *Mark of the Devil Part II* (1973), Writer
- *The Sex Thief* (1973), as Sergeant Plinth · Writer
- *Mark of the Devil* (1970), Director, Writer
- *The Haunted House of Horror* (1969), Director, Screenplay
- *The Image* (1969), Director, Writer

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