Guy Michelmore
Encyclopedia
Education
Michelmore was educated at the independent St John's School in LeatherheadLeatherhead
Leatherhead is a town in the County of Surrey, England, on the River Mole, part of Mole Valley district. It is thought to be of Saxon origin...
, Surrey.
News presenter
Michelmore began reporting on Anglia TV's About AngliaAbout Anglia
About Anglia, first broadcast in 1960, is the flagship television news magazine for Anglia Television. Its original presenter was Dick Joice....
before joining the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
programme Newsroom South East
Newsroom South East
Newsroom South East was the name of the BBC's regional news programme for southeastern England. It was launched in March 1989 as the successor to London Plus, the South East's previous news programme...
in 1993. Guy left the programme to be replaced by Tim Ewart from ITN. His mother was Jean Metcalfe
Jean Metcalfe
Jean Metcalfe was an English radio broadcaster.-Early life:She was the eldest child of Guy Vivian Metcalfe, a railway clerk with the Southern Railway at Waterloo station, and Gwendoline Annie, née Reed...
the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
presenter of Two Way Family Favourites
Family Favourites
Successor to the wartime show Forces Favourites, Family Favourites was broadcast at Sunday lunchtimes on the BBC Light Programme, BBC Radio 2 and the British Forces Broadcasting Service until 1980...
and Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.-History:Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by Alan Ivimey the programme was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme . It was transferred to its current home in 1973...
. His father is Cliff Michelmore
Cliff Michelmore
Arthur Clifford "Cliff" Michelmore CBE is a British television presenter and producer. He is best known for the BBC television programme Tonight, which he presented from 1957 to 1965....
, television presenter and producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
, best known for the BBC television
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
programme Tonight. Cliff once interviewed himself, and asked whether either his son or daughter had shown any interest in television - Cliff answered by saying that ten year-old Guy was "at that point where he is fascinated and interested in all things...even his father's job!"
He famously spilt his drink all over himself and his desk before going into a live link on Newsroom South East, later shown on the BBC's Auntie's Bloomers
Auntie's Bloomers
Auntie's Bloomers was a blooper show hosted by Terry Wogan that ran from 29 December 1991 to 29 December 2001 and aired on BBC1. Most bloopers consisted of homegrown BBC programmes including soaps, sitcoms, dramas and news. Although the show was made by the BBC it was also made by independent...
out-takes
Blooper
A blooper, also known as an outtake or boner is a short sequence of a film or video production, usually a deleted scene, containing a mistake made by a member of the cast or crew. It also refers to an error made during a live radio or TV broadcast or news report, usually in terms of misspoken words...
show.
Composer
After leaving the BBC, Michelmore continued his career as a composer for television and films. He won the award for Best Music at the International Wildlife Film Festival for "Tale of the Tides", nominated for a Wildscreen AwardWildscreen
Wildscreen is an educational charity based in Bristol, England, working globally to promote the conservation of nature, and the public’s appreciation of biodiversity, through wildlife imagery....
for "Mzima: Haunt of the River Horse" and "Queen of Trees". He also won the Slate Award for Best Score for the UK feature film “Fly Fishing”. He has more recently scored films for Marvel and Lionsgate including The Invincible Iron Man
The Invincible Iron Man
The Invincible Iron Man is a direct-to-DVD animated movie based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man. The film was officially released on January 23, 2007. Marc Worden reprises his role as Iron Man whom he voiced in the two Ultimate Avengers animated movies...
, Ultimate Avengers (film) and Ultimate Avengers 2
Ultimate Avengers 2
Ultimate Avengers 2 is the sequel to Ultimate Avengers. The film was released on August 8, 2006...
, Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme
Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme
Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme is a direct-to-DVD & BD animated movie based on the Marvel Comics character Doctor Strange. The film was released August 14, 2007 and had its American broadcast premiere on Cartoon Network November 1, 2008....
and Hulk Vs
Hulk Vs
Hulk Vs is a 2009 direct-to-video animated film from Marvel Animation and Lionsgate, featuring the Incredible Hulk in two short film battles, one against Wolverine, the other against Thor. Both short films have been rated PG-13 by the MPAA. The animation was by Madhouse, and Kaare Andrews provided...
. He also created the music for the EMMY Award winning series Tutenstein
Tutenstein
Tutenstein is an animated television series, produced by Porchlight Entertainment for Discovery Kids based on the comic by Jay Stephens which was published in Oni Press' JetCat Clubhouse. This cartoon also airs on Jetix in Europe and Maxi TV in Turkey. It began broadcasting on November 1, 2003...
and Growing Up Creepie
Growing Up Creepie
Growing Up Creepie was an animated television series made in the USA by Mike Young Productions and produced by Discovery Kids. In other countries the series was simply titled Creepie.- Premise :...
. He is currently writing the music for the upcoming animated Marvel movie Planet Hulk. http://www.deepwaterblue.net/dwb/news.asp
FILMOGRAPHY
Feature Films
- "Jackboots on Whitehall" (2010)
- "Planet Hulk" Marvel Lionsgate (2010)
- "Thor" (animated feature) Marvel Lionsgate (2010)
- "Hulk vs Wolverine" Marvel Lionsgate (2009)
- "Hulk vs Thor" Marvel Lionsgate (2009)
- "Martian Christmas" Porchlight (2008)
- "Next Avengers" Marvel Lionsgate (2008)
- "Dr Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme" Marvel Lionsgate (2007)
- "Invincible Iron Man" Marvel Lionsgate (2007)
- "Ultimate Avengers 2" Marvel Lionsgate (2006)
- "Ultimate Avengers" Marvel Lionsgate (2006)
- "Frozen" Shoreline Films / Zentropa (2005)
- "Fly Fishing" Shooting Pictures (2004)" - Slate Award Best Music
- "Distant Shadow" Adrenaline Films (2000)
- "Killing Zone" 7/12th Films (2000)
Television
- Ultimate Spider Man 26 x 22 min Marvel Animation 2011
- "Iron Man: Armoured Adventures" 26 x 22 mins Marvel/Method Films (2009)
- "Avengers" Heros of Tomorrow" 26 x 22 mins Film Roman (2009)
- "Cosmic Quantum Ray" 26 x 22 mins Mike Young Productions
- "Growing Up Creepie" 52 x 11 mins Mike Young Productions
- "Queen of Trees" BBC/ WNET - EMMY Nominee Best Music & Sound
- "Tutenstein" Season 1 26 x 22 mins; Season 2 13x22 mins Porchlight / NBC
- "Time Machine" 3 x 1 hrs BBC Television
- "Roman Vice" 6x 1hrs Principal Films
- "Talking With Animals" 6 x 30 mins BBC Television
- "Cousins" 3 x 1hrs BBC Television
- "Killing For A Living" 12 x 60 mins Discovery
- "Nature" - PBS
- "The Natural World" - BBC
- "The Jungle Book (TV Series)" - DQ Entertainment/ZDF TV/ZDF Enterprise
and over 200 other projects including films, television and commercials. http://www.deepwaterblue.net/dwb/commissions.asp