Michael McCarthy (film director)

Michael McCarthy (27 February 1917 – 7 May 1959) was a British screenwriter and television and film director. He entered the film industry in 1934 and worked at the Crown Film Unit.

He died aged 42, survived by a wife and three children. A Variety obituary said he was "regarded as a director of considerable promise".

Selected filmography

 * Greek Testament (1943) (documentary) - assistant director
 * My Learned Friend (1943) - assistant director
 * San Demetrio London (1943) - assistant director
 * The Halfway House (1944) - assistant director
 * While Nero Fiddled (1944) aka Fiddlers Three - assistant director
 * The Girl of the Canal (1945) aka Painted Boats (short feature) - story
 * Johnny Frenchman (1945) - unit manager
 * Feature Story (1949) (short feature) - director
 * No Highway in the Sky (1951) - actor
 * Assassin for Hire (1951) - director
 * Mystery Junction (1951) - director, writer
 * Road Sense (1951) (instructional film) - director
 * Hunted (1952) - idea
 * Crow Hollow (1952) - director
 * Wheel of Fate (1953) - actor
 * Behind the Headlines (1953) - actor
 * Forces' Sweetheart (1953) - actor
 * Flannelfoot (1953) - actor
 * John of the Fair (1954) - director, writer
 * Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (1954–55) - director, writer - including The Awakening (1954)
 * Shadow of a Man (1955) - director, additional scenes
 * The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955) - director
 * It's Never Too Late (1956) - director
 * Assignment Foreign Legion (1956–57) (TV series) - director
 * The Traitor (1957) aka The Accursed - director, writer
 * Wire Service (1957) (TV series) - director
 * Sailor of Fortune (1957) (TV series) - director
 * Operation Amsterdam (1959) - director, writer