Esteemed stage director who began his career as principal director of the British TV rock music series, "Ready, Steady, Go!" in the 1960s and as a pre-MTV music video pioneer, creating the visuals for such hit songs as the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" and "Hey Jude" and the Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash" which led to his feature debut with the Beatles' documentary "Let It Be" (1970). He won acclaim for his sensitive handling of actors and serious themes with the NYC productions of "Whose Life Is It, Anyway?", "Agnes of God" and Larry Kramer's searing AIDS drama, "The Normal Heart".Lindsay-Hogg has also directed Athol Fugard's "Master Harold ... and the boys" and William Hoffman's AIDS drama "As Is" for American TV, the music documentaries "Simon and Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park" (1981) and "Graceland: The African Concert" (1987) and the initial episodes of the highly-praised "Brideshead Revisited" (1984) for British TV. He made his narrative feature debut with a film adaptation of Muriel Spark's quirky satire, "Nasty Habits" (1977), a Watergate-inspired political allegory set in a convent. Lindsay-Hogg followed with the offbeat caper film "The Object of Beauty" (1991) and "Frankie Starlight" (1995), the story of the trials and tribulations of a dwarf and his mother set in post-war Ireland.
Lindsay-Hogg, who has long fought rumors that he is the son of Orson Welles (to whom he bears a striking physical resemblance), is the son of actress Geraldine Fitzgerald.
Profession(s):
director, Actor
Sometimes Credited As:
Family
father:Edward Lindsay-Hogg (Irish; first husband of Geraldine Fitzgerald (married from 1936 to 1946))
mother:Geraldine Fitzgerald (married Stuart Scheftel (president, Museum of Famous People; co-founder of the Pan Am building; grandson of the founder of Macy's department store) in 1946 after divorce from Edward Lindsay-Hogg)
wife:Lucy Davies (married in 1968; divorced in 1971; together in London during the 1960s; currently married to Lord Snowden (Anthony Armstrong-Jones))
Companion(s)
Jean Marsh
, Companion
, ```..lived together for eight years during the 1970s
Nona Summers
, Companion
, ```..together since 1982
Education
Choate School Wallingford, Connecticut
Christ Church College, Oxford University Oxford, England
Cairo International Film Festival Best Director Award "The Object of Beauty" 1991
Cairo International Film Festival Golden Pyramid Award "The Object of Beauty" 1991
BAFTA Award Best Television Director "Brideshead Revisited" 1984
1984 Directed episodes of the miniseries "Brideshead Revisited"
1980 Broadway directing debut, "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"
1977 Feature film directing debut "Nasty Habits"
1970 Documentary film directing debut, "Let It Be"
Was unable to read until age nine
First job at age 16 was as an apprentice at John Houseman's repertory company in Stratford, Connecticut
Directed first play at age 21 at a summer repertory company he established in upstate New York with friend Peter Bogdanovich
Moved to Dublin; worked as a TV floor manager
Made TV directing debut with a play starring Milo O'Shea that he had previously staged at the Dublin Theatre Festival
Joined the BBC as principal director of the British rock music revue series, "Ready, Steady, Go!" which showcased groups such as the Animals, the Kinks and the Rolling Stones in the mid-1960s
London stage directing debut, "The White Devil" at the Old Vic
