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James Strong
James Strong is a British television and film director and writer, best known for his work on Broadchurch for which he was BAFTA-nominated for Best Director Fiction 2015. He train…
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James Strong is a British television and film director and writer, best known for his work on Broadchurch for which he was BAFTA-nominated for Best Director Fiction 2015. He trained at Granada TV and has directed episodes of the shows Holby City and Doctors, as well as seven episodes of Doctor Who and two episodes of its spin-off series Torchwood. His work on the Doctor Who episode "Voyage of the Damned" won him a BAFTA Cymru award for Best Director in 2008. In 2007, he directed the autobiographical documentary Elton John: Me, Myself & I and in 2008 he directed three episodes of Bonekickers. He then directed Hunted and Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story and Silent Witness in 2010 followed by the feature film United and Downton Abbey in 2011. He was lead director and associate producer on Broadchurch, which won six BAFTAs including Best Drama and for which he was nominated for BAFTA Best Director Fiction. Strong followed this with work on Series 2 of Broadchurch, the US remake Gracepoint in 2013 and other US pilots, including Kingmakers for ABC in 2015 and Drew in 2016. He also directed episodes of the Stephen King adaptation and J. J. Abrams produced 11.22.63. In 2017 he directed and executive produced "Liar" for ITV and AMC. He recently directed the critically acclaimed mini-series “Vanity Fair “ for ITV and Amazon Studios. He is then set to direct a J.R.R. Tolkien biopic entitled 'Middle Earth'.
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2026
Doctor Who Day: The Impossible Planet & The Satan Pit
Movie Director
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2026
Heaven 17: The Last Temptation
Movie Director
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2026
Memory of a Killer
TV show Director
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2025
Sheriff Country
TV show Director
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2025
Words of War
Movie Director
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2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
Fire Country
TV show Director
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2022
The Suspect
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
Crime
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
Vigil
TV show Director
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2020
Council of Dads
TV show Director
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2018
Vanity Fair
TV show Director
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2017
Liar
TV show Executive Producer
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2017
Doubt
TV show Director
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2016
Drew
Movie Director
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2016
11.22.63
TV show Director
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2015
Code of a Killer
TV show Director
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2014
Gracepoint
TV show Director
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2014
From There to Here
TV show Director
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2013
The Great Train Robbery
TV show Director
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2013
Broadchurch
TV show Director
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2013
The Great Train Robbery: A Copper's Tale
Movie Director
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2012
Hunted
TV show Director
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2012
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Movie Director
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2012
Missing
TV show Director
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2011
White Van Man
TV show Director
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2011
United
Movie Director
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2010
Downton Abbey
TV show Director
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2009
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
Movie Writer
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2009
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Movie Director
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2009
Law & Order: UK
TV show Director
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2008
Bonekickers
TV show Director
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2007
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
Movie Director
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2007
Elton John: Me, Myself & I
Movie Director
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2006
Torchwood
TV show Director
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2006
Rocket Man
TV show Director
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2005
Doctor Who
TV show Director
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2004
Hustle
TV show Director
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2003
Mile High
TV show Director
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2003
The Afternoon Play
TV show Director
