Michael Cumming is a British director and filmmaker. He is best known for directing comedy shows such as: Brass Eye, Toast Of London, , The Mark Thomas Product, Snuff Box, The Mark Steel Lectures and Rock Profile. After graduating from the Royal College of Art film school in the late 1980s, Cumming began directing at the BBC on Tomorrow's World and then as a freelance director on shows including Lonely Planet, The Word & The Sunday Show before moving into comedy.