Michael Cumming
Directing
Michael Cumming is a British director and filmmaker. He is best known for directing comedy shows such as Brass Eye, Toast of London, Toast of Tinseltown, The Mark Thomas Product, Snuff Box, The Mark Steel Lectures and Rock Profile.
After graduating from the Royal College of Art film school in the late 1980s, Cumming began directing at the BBC on Tomorrow's World and then as a freelance director on shows including Lonely Planet, The Word & The Sunday Show before moving into comedy. Brass Eye was his first comedy directing credit.
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Alongside comedy directing, Cumming also makes independent films. His 2017 cinema-only release – Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes - played to sell-out audiences throughout the UK.
In 2017 Cumming was awarded an honorary doctorate for his outstanding contribution to television & film production. He is a member of BAFTA, Directors UK and the Performing Rights Society.
Known for
Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever!
July 28, 2008
King Rocker
October 31, 2020
Alan Davies: Life Is Pain
November 18, 2013
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
September 11, 2017
Mark Thomas: Serious Organised Criminal
November 5, 2007
The Golden Afternoon
September 17, 2021
Video In/Audio Out
January 1, 2014
Beachcomber
January 1, 1989
Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
November 7, 2005
Melt It! The Film of the Iceman
February 7, 2026
Behind the camera12
- 2026Melt It! The Film of the Iceman Executive Producer
- 2021The Golden Afternoon Director
- 2020King Rocker Writer, Director
- 2017Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes Director, Editor, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2014Video In/Audio Out Director
- 2013Alan Davies: Life Is Pain Director
- 2008Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever! Director
- 2007Mark Thomas: Serious Organised Criminal Director
- 2005Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say Director
- 1989