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Michael Hirsh is a Director, Story, Producer, Second Assistant Camera and Editor born on 7 april 1948 at Brussels-Capital Region (Belgique)

Michael Hirsh

Michael Hirsh
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Birth 7 april 1948 (76 years) at Brussels-Capital Region (Belgique)
Creator of Nelvana

Michael Hirsh (born 1948) is a Belgian-born Canadian citizen. He has been a significant figure in the Canadian television industry, or more specifically children's programming, since the 1980s.

Best films

Paddington (2014)
(Executive Producer)
Friday the 13th (1980)
(Second Assistant Camera)
Malice (1993)
(Executive Producer)

Usually with

Clive A. Smith
Clive A. Smith
(15 films)
Chris Wiggins
Chris Wiggins
(8 films)
Dan Hennessey
Dan Hennessey
(7 films)
Rob Sitch
Rob Sitch
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Michael Hirsh (26 films)

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Producer

Paddington
Paddington (2014)
, 1h35
Directed by Paul King
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un ours, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Colin Firth, Ben Whishaw, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Bonneville, Michael Gambon, Sally Hawkins
Roles Executive Producer
Rating72% 3.647253.647253.647253.647253.64725
In the deep jungles of darkest Peru, a British geographer named Montgomery Clyde happens upon a previously unknown species of bear. He is about to shoot it to take back a specimen to England when another bear playfully takes his gun away. He learns that this family of bears is intelligent and can learn English, and that they have a deep appetite for marmalade. He names them Lucy and Pastuzo. As he departs, he throws his hat to Pastuzo and tells the bears that they are always welcome should they wish to go to London.
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids
Origin Canada
Genres Horror, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Brooke Shields, Rick Moranis, Tony Jay, Marc Donato, Julie Lemieux, Aaryn Doyle
Roles Executive producer
Rating62% 3.144853.144853.144853.144853.14485
Miss Flora Spider has been living happily with her new husband Holley, but becomes nervous when she hatches five eggs on the same day. She worries about becoming a mother ever since her mother abandoned her when she hatched, but her foster mother Betty Beetle tells her she has nothing to worry about. When the eggs hatch out five new spiders, the family becomes overjoyed. Years pass and as spider kids grew up, the family find an egg and start to decorate it. Thinking its mother is looking for it, Squirt, one of the spiderlings, decides to return it. While going through the forest, he comes upon three kid bandits: Dragon the dragonfly, Shimmer the jewel beetle, and Bounce the bedbug. When the young spider explains that he is looking for its mother, Bounce revels that they don't have parents either, although Dragon says their still looking for them. Shimmer decide that they should tag along and help Squirt. Suddenly, Spiderus, a vicious spider who was jealous after Miss Spider chose Holley over him, arrives and tries take the egg, but the kids manage to scare him away. Meanwhile, Miss Spider has discovered that Squirt is missing and fears for the worst. She and Holley decide to go find him. With the help of Spiderus, they now know where Squirt is. Snow starts to fall, and kids find Stinky, a stink bug, in his home and take shelter there until morning. By the time kids leave, the three adult spider already arrives, and Spiderus meets and falls in love with a female spider named Spindella. The kids arrive at a barn, where a hen, revealed to be the mother of the egg, attacks. Just as Squirt is about be eaten, Miss Spider and Holley arrives and save him. The egg hatches and is reunited with its mother. Squirt introduces his new friends to his parents. Miss Spider decide to adopt them, since eight is a perfect number. They are all overjoyed and return home. As the all kids sleep, Miss Spider now knows it doesn't matter what other bugs are, all that matters is that they're all family. Squirt is thought to be missing again, but h is soon found outside, flying on his web. The other kids to wake up and run outside and play.
Franklin's Magic Christmas, 50minutes
Origin Canada
Genres Animation
Themes Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Noah Reid, Richard Newman, Bryn McAuley, Eric Peterson, Chris Wiggins, Kristen Bone
Roles Executive Producer
Rating63% 3.1738153.1738153.1738153.1738153.173815
In this story, Franklin the turtle and his little sister, Harriet (introduced in the previous film, Franklin and the Green Knight) are planning to pay a visit to and spend Christmas with their maternal grandparents at Faraway Farm, a farm faraway from Woodland where their mother Mrs. Turtle grew up at. As the Turtle Family gets ready to go to the farm, they sing “Deck the Halls” in only the first and third verses.
Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: The Movie, 1h17
Origin Canada
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Children's films
Actors Kristin Fairlie, Dan Hennessey, Janet-Laine Green, Max Morrow, Andrew Sabiston, Tracy Ryan
Roles Executive Producer
Rating64% 3.2393453.2393453.2393453.2393453.239345
Little Bear and Father Bear go out camping and they meet a new young bear named Cub and his friend Little Moose. Then Little Bear is met with Trouble, the mountain lion, but Cub saves him. Cub tries to get acquainted with Little Bear's house then plays with Little Bear and his friends, Cat, Owl, Duck, and Hen. When they learn that Cub's parents got lost, they search for them. Little Bear, Cub, and Duck get separated from Moose and the others. They soon encounter Cub's friends Poppy and Pete the two silly red foxes. When they get to the canyon, Trouble spies on them and tries to eat Duck, but Poppy and Pete save Duck. Little Bear manages to "defeat" Trouble and find Cub's parents.
The Dish
The Dish (2000)
, 1h41
Directed by Rob Sitch
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Space adventure films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about the Apollo program, Sur la Lune, Sur la Lune
Actors Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton, Roy Billing, Bud Tingwell
Roles Producer
Rating71% 3.5967553.5967553.5967553.5967553.596755
The radio telescope at Parkes (Parkes Observatory), New South Wales, Australia, was used by NASA throughout the Apollo program to receive signals in the Southern Hemisphere, along with the NASA Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station near Canberra.
The Castle
The Castle (1997)
, 1h23
Directed by Rob Sitch
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Sophie Lee, Eric Bana, Stephen Curry, Bud Tingwell
Roles Executive producer
Rating75% 3.796593.796593.796593.796593.79659
The blue collar Kerrigan home, in the outer Melbourne suburb of Coolaroo, is filled with love as well as pride in their modest lifestyle, but their happiness is threatened when developers attempt the compulsory acquisition of their house to expand the neighbouring airport.
Pippi Longstocking, 1h15
Directed by Clive A. Smith
Origin Suede
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Melissa Altro, Catherine O'Hara, Eileen Brennan, Gordon Pinsent, Dave Thomas, Wayne Robson
Roles Producer
Rating53% 2.6562852.6562852.6562852.6562852.656285
The film begins with Pippi sailing around the world with her father, Captain Efraim Longstocking, her pet horse, Horse, her pet monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and various members of the ship's crew. One night during a hurricane, the captain is washed over board into the sea. As he drifts off, he calls to Pippi that he will "meet her in Villa Villekulla". To that effect, Pippi and her pet animals make their way home, Villa Villekulla, to await his return. Not long after arriving, she makes friends with the two children across the street — Tommy and Annika, who are captivated by her free spirit and fun-loving attitude. They soon convince her to go to school (for the first time in her life) where she gets into trouble, despite winning the hearts of her classmates.
Malice
Malice (1993)
, 1h47
Directed by Harold Becker
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Bebe Neuwirth, Josef Sommer
Roles Executive Producer
Rating64% 3.2483053.2483053.2483053.2483053.248305
Andy (Bill Pullman) and Tracy Safian (Nicole Kidman) are a newlywed couple living in a Victorian house that they are restoring in Western Massachusetts. He is an Associate Dean at a local college, while his wife teaches art to children. When a student is attacked and seriously wounded by a serial rapist, Dr. Jed Hill (Alec Baldwin), a brilliant surgeon who has recently joined the staff of the area hospital operates and saves her life. Money is tight, so Andy invites him to rent the third floor of his home with Tracy in order to finance the new plumbing. With his propensity to bring home sexual partners and to party late into the night, Jed quickly proves himself to be a less-than-ideal tenant.
Babar: The Movie, 1h16
Genres Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Monde imaginaire, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Gordon Pinsent, Elizabeth Hanna, Lisa Yamanaka, Bobby Becken, Sarah Polley, Stephen Ouimette
Roles Executive Producer
Rating62% 3.1406753.1406753.1406753.1406753.140675
On the night of Elephantland's Victory Parade, Babar tells his four children the story of his first days as King of the elephants.
Care Bears Nutcracker Suite, 1h2
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Christmas films, Children's films
Actors John Stocker, Dan Hennessey, Luba Goy, Bob Dermer
Roles Producer
Rating62% 3.140483.140483.140483.140483.14048
At a school called P.S. 5, a teacher named Miss Walker tells some children a version of E. T. A. Hoffmann's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, involving the Care Bear Family. As the story begins, the Care Bears and their Cousins prepare for Christmas in their home of Care-a-lot; the two youngest bears, Hugs and Tugs, are searching for an ornament. While the others spend time in the Hall of Hearts decorating a tree, another bear called Funshine suddenly alerts them of an unhappy girl named Anna. Enlisting Grumpy Bear to go along, she takes a Cloud Mobile down to Earth.
Burglar
Burglar (1987)
, 1h43
Directed by Hugh Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Whoopi Goldberg, G. W. Bailey, Bobcat Goldthwait, Lesley Ann Warren, Vyto Ruginis, James Handy
Roles Producer
Rating51% 2.5527352.5527352.5527352.5527352.552735
Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr, a former burglar, resumes her life of crime when a corrupt police officer named Ray Kirschman blackmails her.
The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland, 1h18
Origin Canada
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Musical films, Films about toys, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Keith Knight, Bob Dermer, Eva Almos, Dan Hennessey, Tracey Ann Moore, Luba Goy
Roles Producer
Rating57% 2.853282.853282.853282.853282.85328
In Care-a-lot, the Care Bears are visited by the White Rabbit, the uncle of Swift Heart Rabbit. The White Rabbit gives the Care Bears the task of finding the missing Princess of Heart, who is to be crowned queen in Wonderland, otherwise the villainous Wizard of Wonderland will gain the throne. Tenderheart, Grumpy, Good Luck, Brave Heart, Lotsa Heart, Swift Heart and the White Rabbit search all over the world for the Princess, but to no avail. Grumpy is pointed to a girl who resembles the Princess, Alice. The Care Bears decide that Alice could act as the Princess until the real one is found. The group is separated by the power of the Wizard, forcing Grumpy, Swift Heart and the White Rabbit to use a rabbit hole to reach Wonderland.