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Farren Blackburn

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Farren Blackburn
With a number of award winning shorts, tv dramas and feature films to his name, Farren is considered one of the most sought after UK Filmmakers working today. He has a number of feature and tv projects in development and is currently in production on The Winter King, adapted from the novel by Bernard Cornwell. He was previously Lead Director and Executive Producer on Season 2 of Sky/AMC's hugely popular fantasy drama, A Discovery Of Witches prior to which he was Lead Director and Executive Producer on Netflix Original, young adult love story, The Innocents. He directed the psychological thriller, Shut In starring Naomi Watts for Luc Besson's Europacorp and the period Action film, Hammer Of The Gods for Vertigo and EOne. In 2012 he won the BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series for The Fades before going on to direct a number of leading international tv dramas including the season debut of Marvel's Daredevil, Iron Fist and The Defenders, the season 3 finale of the Golden Globe winning Luther, the BBC's remake of the classic science-fiction series, Survivors and the prestigious Doctor Who Christmas Special. Farren is represented by 42 Management in the UK and CAA in the US.
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  • Won 1 BAFTA Award

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Naomi Watts and Farren Blackburn in Shut In (2016)
Naomi Watts and Farren Blackburn in Shut In (2016)

Known for

Iain De Caestecker in The Fades (2011)
The Fades
7.6
TV Mini Series
  • Director
Charlie Cox, Jon Bernthal, and Elodie Yung in Daredevil (2015)
Daredevil
8.6
TV Series
  • Director
The Innocents (2018)
The Innocents
6.2
TV Series
  • Director
Naomi Watts in Shut In (2016)
Shut In
4.8
  • Director
  • 2016

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Director

  • Dream On
    • Completed
  • Mary's Monster
    • Pre-production
  • Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer in A Discovery of Witches (2018)
    A Discovery of Witches
    • (directed by)
  • The Innocents (2018)
    The Innocents
  • Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, and Finn Jones in The Defenders (2017)
    The Defenders
  • Finn Jones and Anand Bhatt in Iron Fist (2017)
    Iron Fist
  • Naomi Watts in Shut In (2016)
    Shut In
  • Trevor Eve and O-T Fagbenle in The Interceptor (2015)
    The Interceptor
  • Charlie Cox, Jon Bernthal, and Elodie Yung in Daredevil (2015)
    Daredevil
  • Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, Luke Pasqualino, and Howard Charles in The Musketeers (2014)
    The Musketeers
  • Idris Elba in Luther (2010)
    Luther
  • Hammer of the Gods (2013)
    Hammer of the Gods
  • Bradley Walsh, Jodie Whittaker, Tosin Cole, and Mandip Gill in Doctor Who (2005)
    Doctor Who
    • (directed by)
  • Iain De Caestecker in The Fades (2011)
    The Fades
  • Vera (2011)
    Vera
  • Nikki Amuka-Bird, Max Beesley, Julie Graham, Paterson Joseph, Phillip Rhys Chaudhary, Zoë Tapper, and Chahak Patel in Survivors (2008)
    Survivors
  • Emilia Fox in Silent Witness (1996)
    Silent Witness

Producer

  • Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer in A Discovery of Witches (2018)
    A Discovery of Witches
  • The Innocents (2018)
    The Innocents

Writer

  • Dream On
    • Completed
  • Bottle
  • Going for Broke
  • The Game
  • Looters
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    • Verona JosephNovember 2003 - present (3 children)

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