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name: "Michael Hart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-hart"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "31 March 1930"
died: "21 February 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:07:42.843594+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 Hart

Director. Born 31 March 1930. Died 21 February 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 31 March 1930
- **Died:** 21 February 2012
- **Active:** 1962–1963
- **Works often with:** Anthony Read, Barry Letts, Bob Baker, Brian Hayles, Christopher Barry, Dave Martin

## Biography

Michael Hart was a British television director. Originally an actor, he completed the BBC's directors' training course in 1964.

He directed episodes of series including *Compact* (1964–1965), *Softly Softly*, *The Newcomers*, *Thirty-Minute Theatre*, *Z-Cars*, *The Doctors*, *Owen, M.D.* and more than 200 episodes of *Crossroads* (1972–1981). His only *Doctor Who* serial was *The Space Pirates* (1969). He died on 21 February 2012. His brother was the artist Tony Hart.

*Sources: imdb.com, shannonsullivan.com, tardis.wiki.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Z-Cars* (1962), Director

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