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Reviews/Commentary
Ash vs. Evil Dead, 'Fire in the Hole' (2015) "Michael Hurst returns with more crackerjack directing … Between his two episodes, Michael Hurst has staged three lo-fi monster fights that are just brilliant for this show (Vulture)
Ash vs. Evil Dead, 'The Killer of Killers' (2015) "The splatstick show may have just served up its best – and bloodiest – episode yet … Directed by Michael Hurst, whose resume is full of rollicking genre fare … it's the most fun you'll have in 24 minutes this weekend". (Rolling Stone)
Spartacus: Blood and Sand, 'Revelations' (2009) "Michael picked up on all of that stuff. . . . I mean, when you have a director like that, that is getting the little things that you're doing, it's just going to be a thousand times better when it's on screen". (Brent Fletcher, writer of 'Revelations,' in dvd episode commentary)
Spartacus: Blood and Sand, 'Whore' (2009) Lucy Lawless: "You can tell this is a Michael Hurst. He likes to shoot it looking like an Orientalist painting . . . Michael's just a master with light". Viva Bianca: "another one of his great skills was the way he was able to communicate with us and direct us. The performance was never compromised". Lucy Lawless: "He's quite gifted". (Lucy Lawless and Viva Bianca, stars of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, in dvd episode commentary)
Legend of the Seeker, 'Denna' (2008) "Michael Hurst is the director of this amazing episode and he was the most enthusiastic, incredible director to work with, he has such a sense of drama and build and character, and he had really done his research. He knew the books and the characters inside out". (Jessica Marais, actor playing Denna, in dvd episode commentary)
Xena:
Warrior Princess, 'To Helicon and Back' (2001) "As
Michael often does, he brought nobility to all the
performers and protected all the characters." (Rob
Tapert, Executive Producer, in dvd episode commentary)
Xena:
Warrior Princess, 'Who's Gurkhan?' (2000) "If
I couldn't direct 'Gurkhan,' Michael was the best
choice. And once I saw the episode, he was actually
even a better choice. . . . Once again, Michael
elevated . . . all the characters' motivations and
raised them a level" (Rob Tapert, Executive
Producer, in dvd episode commentary)
Hercules:
The Legendary Journeys, 'One Fowl Day' (1998) " .
. . Michael Hurst is a man bursting at the seams
- the more responsibility he has, the more he relishes
the opportunity. He's an exuberant actor and
a very ambitious director. Combine these qualities
with a difficult script, and the results were positively
over-the-top . . . " (Bruce Campbell in If
Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie
Actor) |
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| 2021 |
My Life is Murder, Greenstone Pictures; episodes:
 2.10 "Pleasure & Pain"
2.09 "Wild Life"
Power Rangers Dino Fury (series), Entertainment One, Netflix, Nickelodeon; episodes:
1.21 "Void Trap"
1.20 "Working Nightmares"
1.19 "The Makeover"
1.08 "Unexpected Guest"
1.07 "Stego Search"
1.06 "Superstition Strikes"
Mystic (series), CBBC, TVNZ; episodes:
1.13 "The Return"
1.12 "The Truth"
1.11 "The Claim"
1.10 "The Discovery"
1.09 "The Secret" |
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| 2020 |
Between Two Worlds (series), Seven Network; episodes:
1.10 "A Dog and a Man"
1.09 "The Leader and the Led"
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| 2019 |
Westside (series), South Pacific Pictures; episodes:
5.10
5.09
5.06
5.05
The Dead Lands (series), General Film Corporation; episodes:
1.8 "The Sacrifice of Innocence"
1.7 "Broken Promises"
1.6 "A Question of Identity"
1.5 "Generational Warfare"
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| 2018 |
800 Words (series), South Pacific Pictures/Seven Productions; episodes:
3.12
3.11
Westside (series), South Pacific Pictures; episodes:
4.10
4.08
4.06 (co-director)
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| 2017 |
800 Words (series), South Pacific Pictures/Seven Productions; episodes:
3.04
3.03
Westside (series), South Pacific Pictures; episodes:
3.08
3.07 |
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| 2016 |
Westside (series), South Pacific Pictures; episodes:
3.04
3.03
800 Words (series), South Pacific Pictures/Seven Productions; episodes:
2.14
2.13
2.10
2.09
2.04
2.03
Westside (series), South Pacific Pictures; episodes:
2.08
2.07
2.04
2.03 |
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| 2015 |
Ash vs. Evil Dead (series), Starz/Renaissance Pictures; episodes:
1.07 "Fire in the Hole"
1.06 "The Killer of Killers"
Step Dave (series), South Pacific Pictures; episodes:
2.13 "Will You, Won't You"
2.12 "Kids"
Tatau (mini-series), BBC/South Pacific Pictures; episodes:
1.07
1.06 |
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| 2014 |
The Brokenwood Mysteries (mini-series), South Pacific Pictures; episode:
1.03 "Playing the Lie"
Step Dave (series), South Pacific Pictures; episodes:
1.07 "Promise and Deliver"
1.06 "Knocked Up Natalie"
1.05 "My Room" |
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| 2013 |
The Almighty Johnsons (series), South Pacific Pictures; episodes:
3.08 "The Asparagus is Kicking In"
3.07 "Typical Auckland God"
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| 2012 |
Spartacus: War of the Damned (series), Starz Productions; episodes:
3.09 "The Dead and the Dying"
3.04 "Decimation" |
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| 2011 |
Spartacus: Vengeance (series), Starz Productions; episode:
2.06 "Chosen Path"
2.01 "Fugitivus" |
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| 2010 |
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (series), Starz Productions; episode:
3 "Paterfamilias"
Legend of the Seeker (series), Disney/ABC Studios; episodes:
2.21 "Unbroken"
2.17 "Vengeance" |
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| 2009 |
Spartacus: Blood and Sand (series), Starz Productions; episodes:
1.13 "Kill Them All" (splinter unit)
1.12 "Revelations"
1.9 "Whore"
1.5 "Shadow Games"
Legend of the Seeker (series), Disney/ABC Studios; episodes:
2.12 "Hunger"
2.02 "Baneling"
1.22 "Reckoning" |
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| 2008 |
Legend of the Seeker (series), Disney/ABC Studios; episodes:
1.10 "Sacrifice"
1.08 "Denna"
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| 2002 |
Showstoppers (series), Jump Productions Limited; episode:
finale (director of the variety show) |
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| 2001 |
Love
Mussel (television movie), Frame Up Films (watch excerpts on NZ On Screen)
Xena:
Warrior Princess (series), Renaissance Pictures; episode:
6.15 "To
Helicon and Back" |
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| 2000 |
Xena:
Warrior Princess (series), Renaissance Pictures; episodes:
6.04 "Who’s Gurkhan?"
5.18 "Antony
and Cleopatra"
5.16 "Life
Blood" (Amazon High segments)
Jack
of All Trades (series), Renaissance Pictures; episodes:
2.04 "The Morning After"
2.06 "One
Two Three, Give Me Lady Liberty" |
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| 1999 |
Hercules:
The Legendary Journeys (series), Renaissance Pictures; episode:
5.15 "Greece
is Burning" |
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| 1998 |
Hercules:
The Legendary Journeys (series), Renaissance Pictures;
episodes:
5.07 "Somewhere
Over the Rainbow Bridge"
5.01 "Faith"
4.17 "One
Fowl Day"
Xena:
Warrior Princess (series), Renaissance Pictures; episode:
4.06 "A
Tale of Two Muses" |
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| 1997 |
Amazon
High, Renaissance Pictures (telemovie)
Hercules:
The Legendary Journeys (series), Renaissance Pictures;
episode:
4.08 ".
. . And Fancy Free"
Xena:
Warrior Princess (series), Renaissance Pictures; episode:
2.15 "A
Day in the Life" |
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| 1996 |
Hercules:
The Legendary Journeys (series), Renaissance Pictures;
episode:
3.01 "Mercenary" |
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