Michael Hirst

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Michael Hirst


Born
in Warsaw, Poland
September 21, 1952

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Michael Hirst (born 21 September 1952) is an English screenwriter and producer, best known for his films Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), as well as the Emmy Award-winning television series The Tudors and Vikings.

Hirst was born in Warsaw and grew up in Ilkley. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School and attended the London School of Economics. He received a First Class Joint-Honours Degree in English and American Literature from the University of Nottingham and studied Henry James at Trinity College, Oxford.

Hirst originally was going to be an academic, but decided to become a screenwriter after Nicolas Roeg read one of his short stories and asked Hirst to write screenplays for him.

Hirst was head writer, creator and
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“One of the great advantages of
having a library,your eminence,
is that it is full of books.”
Michael Hirst

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