Michael Armstrong (nacido el 24 de julio de 1944 en Bolton , Lancashire ) es un escritor y director inglés.
Armstrong se formó en la Real Academia de Arte Dramático y escribía y dirigía películas a la edad de 22 años con el premiado cortometraje The Image , protagonizado por David Bowie y Michael Byrne . Al año siguiente, escribió y dirigió su primer largometraje, The Haunted House of Horror , protagonizado por Frankie Avalon , Jill Haworth , Mark Wynter , Richard O'Sullivan y Dennis Price , seguido de la famosa Mark of the Devil , protagonizada por Herbert Lom. y Udo Kier , que superó las expectativas de taquilla en Europa y América [ cita requerida ] en su primer estreno en 1970 y ha crecido hasta ser considerada una película de culto . [ cita necesaria ]
Desde entonces, los créditos cinematográficos de Armstrong han incluido las exitosas comedias sexuales The Sex Thief (1973) y Eskimo Nell (1975), en las que aparecía el propio Armstrong, Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) y House of the Long Shadows (1983). ) protagonizada por Vincent Price , Christopher Lee , Peter Cushing y John Carradine . En total ha escrito y/o dirigido diecisiete largometrajes a nivel internacional, por los que ha ganado numerosos premios.
His television credits include The Professionals, Shoestring and Return of the Saint. His theatre work includes, in Los Angeles, writing and directing a new musical, My Jewish Vampire, and in the UK, a specially conceived work for actors and orchestra for a royal charity performance at the Royal Albert Hall, The Enchanted Orchestra featuring the London Symphony Orchestra and an all-star cast of fifteen actors including the legendary Max Wall and headed by Sir John Mills. He has also produced and directed plays both on tour and in London's West End, taught and directed, periodically, at various drama schools, created a unique "structured Acting Course", published the magazine The Grapevine and worked as a film critic for Films & Filming.
Armstrong is currently working on plans for a new theatrical venture. London Repertory Company will be London's first full-time professional traditional repertory company to operate commercially in the heart of the West End. In 2014, he is due to direct a new film, Orphanage, based on a script he wrote in the early 1980s.