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Michael Lindsay-Hogg

March 03, 2023

Sir Michael Edward Lindsay-Hogg, 5th Baronet (born 5 May 1940)[1] is an American-born television, film, music video, and theatre director. Beginning his career in British television, Lindsay-Hogg became a pioneer in music film production, directing promotional films for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Following his work with these bands, he branched out into film and theatre, while still maintaining successful careers in television and music video production.

Sir

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

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Born (1940-05-05) 5 May 1940 (age 82)
New York City, U.S.
EducationTrinity School
Choate School
OccupationDirector
Years active1965–present
Notable work
Spouse
Lucy Mary Davies
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(m. 1967; div. 1971)​
Parent

Early life and parentage

 
Michael as a toddler with his mother Geraldine in 1944

Michael Lindsay-Hogg was born in New York City in 1940 to actress Geraldine Fitzgerald.[1] He was educated at Trinity School in New York and at Choate School in Connecticut.[2] For most of his early life, he understood that his father was Fitzgerald's husband, Sir Edward Lindsay-Hogg, to whom she was married until 1946. When Michael Lindsay-Hogg was 16, his mother reluctantly divulged that there had been pervasive rumours that his father was Orson Welles, and she denied them—but in such detail that he was left confused and skeptical.[3][4]: 15  Fitzgerald evaded the subject for the rest of her life.

Lindsay-Hogg knew Welles, worked with him in the theatre, and met him at intervals throughout Welles's life.[5] After he learned that Welles's oldest daughter, Chris, his childhood playmate, had long suspected that he was her brother,[6] Lindsay-Hogg initiated a DNA test, which proved inconclusive. In his 2011 autobiography, Lindsay-Hogg reported that his questions were resolved by his mother's close friend Gloria Vanderbilt, who wrote that Fitzgerald had told her that Welles was his father.[4]: 265–267  A 2015 Welles biography by Patrick McGilligan, however, argues that Welles could not be the father: Fitzgerald left the U.S. for Ireland in May 1939, and was pregnant at the time she returned in late October, while Welles did not travel overseas during that period.[7]

Lindsay-Hogg grew up with a stepfather, American businessman Stuart Scheftel, who married Fitzgerald in 1946.[8]

Career

Lindsay-Hogg began his career in 1965, directing episodes of the British pop programme Ready Steady Go! featuring artists such as the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, and The Who. In addition to these he directed episodes of Blackmail, The Informer, A Man of Our Times, Half Hour Story, and The Company of Five, a series of television plays. He served as the series director of The Ronnie Barker Playhouse in 1968. In 1969, the episode Matakitas is Coming that he directed of the mystery/supernatural anthology series Journey to the Unknown was released as part of a TV movie.

Through his work on Ready Steady Go!, Lindsay-Hogg became acquainted with some of the top rock artists of the day, and was subsequently hired to direct promotional films for their songs. Some of his early promo film work includes films for the Beatles' "Paperback Writer", "Rain", "Hey Jude", and "Revolution" and the Rolling Stones' "2000 Light Years from Home", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", and "Child of the Moon". His work on these and other films led Camerimage to award him a retrospective "Music Video Pioneer" award in 2012.[9] The Rolling Stones liked his work, and he was approached in 1968 to direct a full-length television special. Lindsay-Hogg conceived The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Stones and other musicians playing in a circus atmosphere. The band was not completely satisfied with the result, and the film did not see release until 1996.[10]

Lindsay-Hogg was hired by the Beatles to direct a film. Originally conceived as a television special, Get Back was to feature footage of the Beatles recording a new album and rehearsing for a concert appearance. However, the film and album were shelved for a time following the Beatles' rooftop concert in January 1969. The Beatles returned to the project, and released the newly retitled Let It Be (1970) along with an album of the same name. Material originally captured for Lindsay-Hogg's 1970 documentary was used by Peter Jackson for the 2021 documentary series The Beatles: Get Back, which portrays more harmony than acrimony during those sessions.

Following Let It Be, Lindsay-Hogg continued his work in UK television, directing both episodes and TV movies, including work on the TV serial Brideshead Revisited (1981). His work on the BBC series Play for Today and Play of the Week, and the serial Brideshead Revisited were each nominated for BAFTA awards, in 1974, 1978, and 1983, respectively, with Brideshead Revisited winning for Best Drama Series/Serial. His second feature film as director, Nasty Habits (1977), is a comedy satire of the Watergate scandal. His third theatrical film, The Sound of Murder, was released in 1982.

Lindsay-Hogg continued directing music videos throughout the 1970s, including many for the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney and Wings. In 1985, he directed the video for Whitney Houston's single "You Give Good Love". During the 1980s he returned to directing concert films, including Simon and Garfunkel's The Concert in Central Park, Neil Young's Neil Young in Berlin and Paul Simon, Graceland: The African Concert. Lindsay-Hogg's work in the 1980s also included directing TV movies of various plays and novels, including adaptations of Doctor Fischer of Geneva (1984), Master Harold...and the Boys (1985), As Is (1986), and The Little Match Girl (1987).

Lindsay-Hogg's The Object of Beauty for the BBC's Screen Two series of television films received positive reviews in 1991, and his comedy/drama for HBO, Running Mates, was broadcast in 1992. Frankie Starlight (1995), which followed, was met with mixed reception.[11] In 1994, he directed the Roger Daltrey concert film A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who. The VH1 television movie entitled Two of Us (2000) is a fictionalized account of the last meeting between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. He directed a film adaptation of Samuel Beckett's absurdist play Waiting for Godot (2001).

In addition to his television and film work, Lindsay-Hogg is known for his work in theatre. He directed both the original 1978 production (for which he was nominated for a Tony Award) and 1980 revival of Whose Life Is It Anyway?. He also directed Broadway productions of Agnes of God (1982), and The Boys of Winter (1985). Off-Broadway, he helmed Larry Kramer's AIDS drama The Normal Heart in 1985.

His autobiography entitled Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond was published in 2011. It chronicles his career and his relationship with Orson Welles. After a long hiatus from television and film work, Lindsay-Hogg began directing the television series Tinsel's Town in 2015.[12]

Personal life

Lindsay-Hogg married Lucy Mary Davies in 1967; they divorced in 1971. Lucy Lindsay-Hogg subsequently became the second wife of photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, in 1978.[13]

For 10 years, in the 1970s, Lindsay-Hogg was romantically involved with British actress Jean Marsh.[citation needed] He had also been involved with Gloria Vanderbilt, who had assured Lindsay-Hogg that Orson Welles was his father.[5]

In 1999, he succeeded to the baronetcy of Rotherfield Hall in East Sussex after the death of his father Sir Edward Lindsay-Hogg, 4th Baronet.

Filmography

Film

Music video

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Michael Lindsay-Hogg Biography". Fandango. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond (New York, 2011), passim
  3. ^ Hodgson, Moira (30 September 2011). "A Director Casts About for Clues". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b Lindsay-Hogg, Michael (2011). Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York and Points Beyond. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-59468-6.
  5. ^ a b Witchel, Alex (30 September 2011). "Are You My Father, Orson Welles?". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  6. ^ Thorpe, Vanessa (30 January 2010). "The 'only son' of Orson Welles to take DNA test". Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. ^ McGilligan, Patrick (2015). Young Orson. New York: Harper. p. 602. ISBN 978-0-06-211248-4.
  8. ^ Adams, Bernard (19 July 2005). "Geraldine Fitzgerald". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Michael Lindsay-Hogg". IMDb.
  10. ^ February 2020, Johnny Black11 (11 February 2020). "The chaotic story of The Rolling Stones' star-studded Rock And Roll Circus". loudersound.
  11. ^ Maslin, Janet (22 November 1995). "Original New York Times review". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  12. ^ "Tinsel's Town (TV Series 2015– ) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  13. ^ . Archived from the original on 16 July 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

External links

  • Official website
  • Michael Lindsay-Hogg at IMDb
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward William Lindsay-Hogg
 Baronet
(of Rotherfield Hall)
1999–present 		Incumbent

March 03, 2023
michael, lindsay, hogg, michael, edward, lindsay, hogg, baronet, born, 1940, american, born, television, film, music, video, theatre, director, beginning, career, british, television, lindsay, hogg, became, pioneer, music, film, production, directing, promotio. Sir Michael Edward Lindsay Hogg 5th Baronet born 5 May 1940 1 is an American born television film music video and theatre director Beginning his career in British television Lindsay Hogg became a pioneer in music film production directing promotional films for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones Following his work with these bands he branched out into film and theatre while still maintaining successful careers in television and music video production SirMichael Lindsay HoggBtBorn 1940 05 05 5 May 1940 age 82 New York City U S EducationTrinity SchoolChoate SchoolOccupationDirectorYears active1965 presentNotable workLet It BeBrideshead RevisitedWhose Life Is It Anyway SpouseLucy Mary Davies m 1967 div 1971 wbr ParentGeraldine Fitzgerald mother Contents 1 Early life and parentage 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4 1 Film 4 2 Music video 5 Notes 6 External linksEarly life and parentage Edit Michael as a toddler with his mother Geraldine in 1944 Michael Lindsay Hogg was born in New York City in 1940 to actress Geraldine Fitzgerald 1 He was educated at Trinity School in New York and at Choate School in Connecticut 2 For most of his early life he understood that his father was Fitzgerald s husband Sir Edward Lindsay Hogg to whom she was married until 1946 When Michael Lindsay Hogg was 16 his mother reluctantly divulged that there had been pervasive rumours that his father was Orson Welles and she denied them but in such detail that he was left confused and skeptical 3 4 15 Fitzgerald evaded the subject for the rest of her life Lindsay Hogg knew Welles worked with him in the theatre and met him at intervals throughout Welles s life 5 After he learned that Welles s oldest daughter Chris his childhood playmate had long suspected that he was her brother 6 Lindsay Hogg initiated a DNA test which proved inconclusive In his 2011 autobiography Lindsay Hogg reported that his questions were resolved by his mother s close friend Gloria Vanderbilt who wrote that Fitzgerald had told her that Welles was his father 4 265 267 A 2015 Welles biography by Patrick McGilligan however argues that Welles could not be the father Fitzgerald left the U S for Ireland in May 1939 and was pregnant at the time she returned in late October while Welles did not travel overseas during that period 7 Lindsay Hogg grew up with a stepfather American businessman Stuart Scheftel who married Fitzgerald in 1946 8 Career EditLindsay Hogg began his career in 1965 directing episodes of the British pop programme Ready Steady Go featuring artists such as the Rolling Stones the Yardbirds and The Who In addition to these he directed episodes of Blackmail The Informer A Man of Our Times Half Hour Story and The Company of Five a series of television plays He served as the series director of The Ronnie Barker Playhouse in 1968 In 1969 the episode Matakitas is Coming that he directed of the mystery supernatural anthology series Journey to the Unknown was released as part of a TV movie Through his work on Ready Steady Go Lindsay Hogg became acquainted with some of the top rock artists of the day and was subsequently hired to direct promotional films for their songs Some of his early promo film work includes films for the Beatles Paperback Writer Rain Hey Jude and Revolution and the Rolling Stones 2000 Light Years from Home Jumpin Jack Flash and Child of the Moon His work on these and other films led Camerimage to award him a retrospective Music Video Pioneer award in 2012 9 The Rolling Stones liked his work and he was approached in 1968 to direct a full length television special Lindsay Hogg conceived The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus featuring the Stones and other musicians playing in a circus atmosphere The band was not completely satisfied with the result and the film did not see release until 1996 10 Lindsay Hogg was hired by the Beatles to direct a film Originally conceived as a television special Get Back was to feature footage of the Beatles recording a new album and rehearsing for a concert appearance However the film and album were shelved for a time following the Beatles rooftop concert in January 1969 The Beatles returned to the project and released the newly retitled Let It Be 1970 along with an album of the same name Material originally captured for Lindsay Hogg s 1970 documentary was used by Peter Jackson for the 2021 documentary series The Beatles Get Back which portrays more harmony than acrimony during those sessions Following Let It Be Lindsay Hogg continued his work in UK television directing both episodes and TV movies including work on the TV serial Brideshead Revisited 1981 His work on the BBC series Play for Today and Play of the Week and the serial Brideshead Revisited were each nominated for BAFTA awards in 1974 1978 and 1983 respectively with Brideshead Revisited winning for Best Drama Series Serial His second feature film as director Nasty Habits 1977 is a comedy satire of the Watergate scandal His third theatrical film The Sound of Murder was released in 1982 Lindsay Hogg continued directing music videos throughout the 1970s including many for the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney and Wings In 1985 he directed the video for Whitney Houston s single You Give Good Love During the 1980s he returned to directing concert films including Simon and Garfunkel s The Concert in Central Park Neil Young s Neil Young in Berlin and Paul Simon Graceland The African Concert Lindsay Hogg s work in the 1980s also included directing TV movies of various plays and novels including adaptations of Doctor Fischer of Geneva 1984 Master Harold and the Boys 1985 As Is 1986 and The Little Match Girl 1987 Lindsay Hogg s The Object of Beauty for the BBC s Screen Two series of television films received positive reviews in 1991 and his comedy drama for HBO Running Mates was broadcast in 1992 Frankie Starlight 1995 which followed was met with mixed reception 11 In 1994 he directed the Roger Daltrey concert film A Celebration The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who The VH1 television movie entitled Two of Us 2000 is a fictionalized account of the last meeting between John Lennon and Paul McCartney He directed a film adaptation of Samuel Beckett s absurdist play Waiting for Godot 2001 In addition to his television and film work Lindsay Hogg is known for his work in theatre He directed both the original 1978 production for which he was nominated for a Tony Award and 1980 revival of Whose Life Is It Anyway He also directed Broadway productions of Agnes of God 1982 and The Boys of Winter 1985 Off Broadway he helmed Larry Kramer s AIDS drama The Normal Heart in 1985 His autobiography entitled Luck and Circumstance A Coming of Age in Hollywood New York and Points Beyond was published in 2011 It chronicles his career and his relationship with Orson Welles After a long hiatus from television and film work Lindsay Hogg began directing the television series Tinsel s Town in 2015 12 Personal life EditLindsay Hogg married Lucy Mary Davies in 1967 they divorced in 1971 Lucy Lindsay Hogg subsequently became the second wife of photographer Antony Armstrong Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon in 1978 13 For 10 years in the 1970s Lindsay Hogg was romantically involved with British actress Jean Marsh citation needed He had also been involved with Gloria Vanderbilt who had assured Lindsay Hogg that Orson Welles was his father 5 In 1999 he succeeded to the baronetcy of Rotherfield Hall in East Sussex after the death of his father Sir Edward Lindsay Hogg 4th Baronet Filmography EditFilm Edit Journey to the Unknown 1968 episode Matakitas is Coming Let It Be 1970 A D A M 1973 TV movie A Touch of Eastern Promise 1973 TV movie Occupations 1974 TV movie Nasty Habits 1977 Professional Foul 1977 TV play The Concert in Central Park 1982 TV movie The Sound of Murder 1982 Neil Young in Berlin 1983 Dr Fischer of Geneva 1985 TV movie Master Harold and the Boys 1985 TV movie As Is 1986 TV movie Nazi Hunter The Beate Klarsfeld Story 1986 TV movie The Little Match Girl 1987 TV movie Paul Simon Graceland The African Concert 1987 TV movie Murder By Moonlight 1989 TV movie Nightmare Classics 1989 TV movie The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde The Object of Beauty 1991 The Habitation of Dragons 1992 TV movie Running Mates 1992 TV movie A Celebration The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who 1994 Frankie Starlight 1995 Ivana Trump s For Love Alone 1996 TV movie The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus 1996 Guy 1997 Alone 1997 TV movie Two of Us 2000 TV movie Waiting for Godot 2001 Music video Edit The Beatles Paperback Writer 1966 The Beatles Rain 1966 The Rolling Stones She s a Rainbow 1967 The Rolling Stones 2000 Light Years from Home 1967 The Rolling Stones Jumpin Jack Flash 1968 The Rolling Stones Child of the Moon 1968 The Beatles Hey Jude 1968 The Beatles Revolution 1968 The Rolling Stones Angie 1973 The Rolling Stones Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker 1973 The Rolling Stones Silver Train 1973 The Rolling Stones Dancing with Mr D 1973 Wings Helen Wheels 1973 The Rolling Stones It s Only Rock n Roll But I Like It 1974 The Rolling Stones Ain t Too Proud to Beg 1974 The Rolling Stones Till the Next Goodbye 1974 The Rolling Stones Fool to Cry 1976 The Rolling Stones Crazy Mama 1976 The Rolling Stones Hey Negrita 1976 The Rolling Stones Hot Stuff 1976 Wings Mull of Kintyre 1977 Wings With a Little Luck 1978 Elton John Ego 1978 The Rolling Stones Miss You 1978 The Rolling Stones Far Away Eyes 1978 Wings London Town 1978 The Rolling Stones Respectable 1978 The Rolling Stones Start Me Up 1981 The Rolling Stones Worried About You 1981 The Rolling Stones Neighbours 1981 The Rolling Stones Waiting on a Friend 1981 The Rolling Stones Hang Fire 1982 Whitney Houston You Give Good Love 1985 Notes Edit a b Michael Lindsay Hogg Biography Fandango Retrieved 31 August 2021 Michael Lindsay Hogg Luck and Circumstance A Coming of Age in Hollywood New York and Points Beyond New York 2011 passim Hodgson Moira 30 September 2011 A Director Casts About for Clues The Wall Street Journal Retrieved 31 August 2015 a b Lindsay Hogg Michael 2011 Luck and Circumstance A Coming of Age in Hollywood New York and Points Beyond New York Alfred A Knopf ISBN 978 0 307 59468 6 a b Witchel Alex 30 September 2011 Are You My Father Orson Welles The New York Times Retrieved 1 September 2015 Thorpe Vanessa 30 January 2010 The only son of Orson Welles to take DNA test Retrieved 31 August 2015 McGilligan Patrick 2015 Young Orson New York Harper p 602 ISBN 978 0 06 211248 4 Adams Bernard 19 July 2005 Geraldine Fitzgerald The Independent Archived from the original on 14 May 2022 Retrieved 1 September 2015 Michael Lindsay Hogg IMDb February 2020 Johnny Black11 11 February 2020 The chaotic story of The Rolling Stones star studded Rock And Roll Circus loudersound Maslin Janet 22 November 1995 Original New York Times review Movies nytimes com Retrieved 18 January 2011 Tinsel s Town TV Series 2015 IMDb via www imdb com Snowdon Earl of UK 1961 Archived from the original on 16 July 2010 Retrieved 2 July 2013 External links EditOfficial website Michael Lindsay Hogg at IMDbBaronetage of the United KingdomPreceded byEdward William Lindsay Hogg Baronet of Rotherfield Hall 1999 present Incumbent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Lindsay Hogg amp oldid 1129828340, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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