Michael Bogdanov was born on December 15, 1938 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a director and writer, known for A Light in the Valley (1998), The Sherman Plays (1993) and The Thorn Birds (2009). He was previously married to Ulrike Engelbrecht and Patricia Ann Warwick. He died on April 16, 2017 in Paros, Greece.