Farren Blackburn

Farren Blackburn is a British film and television director and screenwriter who became internationally known for films such as Hammer of the Gods and Shut In .

life and career

Farren Blackburn has worked in the film business in a variety of roles since the beginning of the millennium. He first worked as a screenwriter and director on a number of short films before directing the documentary series Panorama in 2004. He then worked as a director for many other television series in Great Britain and the USA, including: Footballers Wive $ - added time , Doctors , Casualty , Holby City , Silent Witness , Vera - A very special case , The Fades , Doctor Who , Luther , The Musketeers , Marvel's Daredevil , The Interceptor , Marvel's Iron Fist , The Innocents or A Discovery of Witches . Together with his colleagues Susan Hogg, Caroline Skinner and Jack Thorne, he was awarded a BAFTA Award in 2012 in the Best Drama Series category for the television series The Fades .

With these valuable experiences, Blackburn then directed the adventure and historical film Hammer of the Gods in 2013 with Charlie Bewley and Alexandra Dowling in the leading roles, his first own feature film. The French-Canadian thriller Shut In followed in 2016, starring Naomi Watts , Oliver Platt and Charlie Heaton .

Farren Blackburn is married to actress Verona Joseph and they have two daughters and a son.

Filmography

As a director

Movie

• 2013: Hammer of the Gods
• 2016: Shut In

watch TV

• 2004: Panorama (TV documentary series, 2 episodes)
• 2005–2006: Footballers Wive $ - added time (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2005-2007 Doctors (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 2007: Waterloo Road (TV series, episodes 2x05–2x06)
• 2007: Casualty (TV series, episode 22x05)
• 2007–2009: Holby City (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2008: Rock Rivals (TV series, episodes 1x03–1x04)
• 2010: Silent Witness (TV series, episodes 13x07–13x08)
• 2010: Survivors (TV series, episodes 2x05–2x06)
• 2010: Vera - A very special case ( Vera , TV series, episode 1x03)
• 2011: The Fades (TV series, episodes 1x01–1x03)
• 2011, 2013: Doctor Who (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2013: Luther (TV series, episodes 3x03–3x04)
• 2014: The Musketeers (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2015: Marvel's Daredevil (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2015: The Interceptor (TV series, episodes 1x01–1x02)
• 2017: Marvel's Iron Fist (TV series, episode 1x07)
• 2017: Marvel's The Defenders (Miniseries, Episode 1x08)
• 2018: The Innocents (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2020: A Discovery of Witches (TV series, 2 episodes)

As a screenwriter

• 2000 Looters (short film)
• 2000 The Game (short film)
• 2000 Going for Broke (short film)
• 2009 Bottle (short film)

Awards

• 2012: BAFTA Award in the Best Drama Series category for the TV series The Fades with Susan Hogg, Caroline Skinner and Jack Thorne

literature

• Farren Blackburn in: Paul Booth (Ed.) Doctor Who , Intellect Books, 2013, 162

Web links

• Farren Blackburn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Farren Blackburn at Variety .com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Farren Blackburn in: The New York Times .