Michael A. Hoey(1934-2014)
- Producer
- Director
- Editor
The son of character actor
Dennis Hoey (Insp. Lestrade in the
Universal "Sherlock Holmes" series), Michael A. Hoey was born in London
and relocated to the U.S. as a child. Growing up in the shadows of the
Hollywood studios, he decided he wanted to get into the business and
began his career in the editing room. Branching out into production, he
formed a company (Bardin Productions) in partnership with actor
Britt Lomond and made the
documentary
The Legend of Mandinga (1961).
After working at Warner Brothers in the early 1960s, Hoey collaborated
with director Norman Taurog on several
Elvis Presley movies and (on his own)
wrote and directed the sci-fi shocker
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966).
In more recent years, he has worked as a writer-producer-director on
TV's Fame (1982), as well as having
written, directed or edited numerous TV series episodes and TV movies.
From 1997 to 2006, he and
John Moffitt executive-produced the
Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
