Birthdate: 1956/11/30
born in: Hawaii, USA

	Video-Interview: Costanza Guerrini talks to Michael Hoffman

Michael Lynn Hoffman is a movie director. He grew up in Payette, Idaho, played basketball, and attended college at Boise State University. There he was elected as student body president of BSU. He was a cofounder of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival (along with Doug Copsey and Victoria Holloway) which is celebrating its 30 year anniversary this year. While at BSU, he served as president of the student body and earned the high honor of Rhodes Scholar. While studying at Oriel College, Oxford, he extended his interest in drama by making a student film Privileged, which starred a young Hugh Grant.

Befriended by John Schlesinger, who provided the funding, Michael's next film was Restless Natives, a humorous look at young Scottish boys who hold up tour buses. His other credits include Some Girls, a film starring the young Patrick Dempsey (Derek Shepherd on Grey's Anatomy), Restoration with Robert Downey, Jr., One Fine Day with Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney, Soapdish with Sally Fields and Kevin Kline, A Midsummer Night's Dream, for which he also wrote the screenplay based on the work by Shakespeare, and The Emperor's Club (starring Kevin Kline). He has made three films with Kline (so far), including the aforementioned A Midsummer Night's Dream.

His film Promised Land (1987) was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

His current movie called "The Last Station" is based on the final years of Leo Tolstoy's life. It stars Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, and Paul Giamatti.

He is also father to Atticus, Phoebe & Olivia Hoffman.

Berlin International Film Festival
Nominated: Golden Berlin Bear     
for: Restoration (1995)
 
Deauville Film Festival
Nominated: Critics Award     
for: Promised Land (1987)
 
Sundance Film Festival
Nominated: Grand Jury Prize
for: Promised Land (1987)

Vancouver International Film Festival
Won: Most Popular Film     
for: Some Girls (1988)

Director:

- The Last Station (2009)
- Out of the Blue: A Film About Life and Football (2007)
- Game 6 (2005)
- "MDs" (2002) TV series (unknown episodes)
- The Emperor's Club (2002)

- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
- One Fine Day (1996)
- Restoration (1995)
- Soapdish (1991)

- Some Girls (1988)
- Promised Land (1987)
- Restless Natives (1985)
- Privileged (1982)

Video-Interview: Costanza Guerrini talks to Michael Hoffman