Simon Cellan Jones

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Simon Cellan Jones

Directing 62 November 6, 1963

Simon Cellan-Jones is a Welsh television director and film director, who began his career as a production assistant in the mid-1980s, working on series such as Edge of Darkness. B…

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The Expanse

The Expanse

8.1 2015 TV Show
See

See

8.1 2019 TV Show
Marvel's Jessica Jones

Marvel's Jessica Jones

7.5 2015 TV Show
The Family Plan

The Family Plan

7.2 2023 Movie
Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire

8.0 2010 TV Show
Power

Power

7.7 2014 TV Show
Arthur the King

Arthur the King

7.5 2024 Movie
Ballers

Ballers

6.8 2015 TV Show
Shooter

Shooter

7.2 2016 TV Show
The Family Plan 2

The Family Plan 2

6.6 2025 Movie
The Borgias

The Borgias

7.6 2011 TV Show
The Diplomat

The Diplomat

7.6 2023 TV Show

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Simon Cellan-Jones is a Welsh television director and film director, who began his career as a production assistant in the mid-1980s, working on series such as Edge of Darkness. By the late 1980s he had worked his way up to become a director, and he gained credits on some of the most acclaimed British television productions of the 1990s. These included episodes of Cracker (1993) and Our Friends in the North (1996). He was nominated as the Best Newcomer at the British Academy Film Awards for his first feature film Some Voices (2000). Other television credits have included BBC One's Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) and More4's The Trial of Tony Blair (2007). He is the brother of Rory Cellan-Jones and the son of fellow director James Cellan-Jones.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    The Family Plan 2

    Movie Director

  2. 2024
    Arthur the King

    Movie Director

  3. 2023
    The Family Plan

    Movie Director

  4. 2023
    The Diplomat

    TV show Director

  5. 2019
    See

    TV show Director

  6. 2019
    Years and Years

    TV show Executive Producer

  7. 2016
    Shooter

    TV show Director

  8. 2015
    The Expanse

    TV show Director

  9. 2015
    Marvel's Jessica Jones

    TV show Director

  10. 2015
    Ballers

    TV show Director

  11. 2015
    Bloodline

    TV show Director

  12. 2014
    Manhattan

    TV show Director

  13. 2014
    Power

    TV show Director

  14. 2014
    Klondike

    TV show Director

  15. 2013
    The Politician's Husband

    TV show Director

  16. 2012
    Magic City

    TV show Director

More credits
  1. 2011
    The Borgias

    TV show Director

  2. 2010
    Boardwalk Empire

    TV show Director

  3. 2010
    Treme

    TV show Director

  4. 2010
    On Expenses

    Movie Director

  5. 2010
    How to Make It in America

    TV show Director

  6. 2009
    Paradox

    TV show Director

  7. 2008
    Generation Kill

    TV show Director

  8. 2007
    The Trial of Tony Blair

    Movie Director

  9. 2006
    Coup!

    Movie Director

  10. 2005
    The Queen's Sister

    Movie Director

  11. 2004
    Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

    Movie Director

  12. 2003
    Eroica

    Movie Director

  13. 2002
    The One and Only

    Movie Director

  14. 2000
    Some Voices

    Movie Director

  15. 2000
    Storm Damage

    Movie Director

  16. 1997
    In Your Dreams

    Movie Director

  17. 1996
    Our Friends in the North

    TV show Director

  18. 1995
    Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One

    Movie Director

  19. 1994
    The Riff Raff Element

    TV show Director

  20. 1993
    Cracker

    TV show Director

  21. 1993
    Rik Mayall Presents

    TV show Director

  22. 1992
    Bitter Harvest

    Movie Director

  23. 1991
    Came Out, It Rained, Went Back In Again

    Movie Producer

  24. 1991
    The Missing Finger

    Movie Director