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David Farr
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
David Farr (born 29 October 1969) is a British writer, theatrical director and Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Farr was brought up in Surrey and educated in…
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David Farr (born 29 October 1969) is a British writer, theatrical director and Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Farr was brought up in Surrey and educated in Guildford and the University of Cambridge (English Literature double first). Farr began directing theatre at University and won the Guardian Student Drama Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1991 with Slight Possession starring Rachel Weisz. His professional directorial debut came at The Gate Theatre, Notting Hill in 1995 (age25) under Stephen Daldry. He was also Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic from 2002 to 2005 and Lyric Hammersmith from 2005 to 2009. In 2009 he joined Royal Shakespeare Company as Associate Director. He wrote regularly for Spooks for the BBC and is a film writer having co-written the Joe Wright film Hanna, released in 2011. Farr's adaptation of John le Carré's novel The Night Manager, was aired in 2016 on BBC1.
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2023
Trapping
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
The Midwich Cuckoos
TV show Writer
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2019
Hanna
TV show Writer
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2018
Troy: Fall of a City
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
McMafia
TV show Writer
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2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
TV show Writer
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2017
The Man with the Iron Heart
Movie Screenplay
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2016
The Ones Below
Movie Director
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2016
The Night Manager
TV show Writer
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2011
Hanna
Movie Screenplay
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2011
Outcasts
TV show Writer
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2002
Spooks
TV show Writer
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2000
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
Movie Hyde Park Nutter
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1996
Chicken Talk
Movie Director
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1993
He-Play She-Play
TV show Writer
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1991
Pantera: Cowboys from Hell
Movie Editor
