Corin Hardy

Corin Hardy
Corin Hardy at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Utah
Born	(1975-01-06) 6 January 1975 (age 50)
Alma mater	Wimbledon College of Arts
Occupation	Film director
Years active	2003–present
Website	corinhardy.com

Corin Hardy (born 6 January 1975) ^[1] is an English film director. He made his directorial debut with the 2015 horror film The Hallow , which he also co-wrote. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

He directed the 2018 horror film The Nun , ^[5] a spin-off of The Conjuring 2 (2016) and the fifth film in The Conjuring Universe. ^[6]

In 2020, he directed four episodes of the first series of Gangs of London , a television series produced for Sky Atlantic, before becoming showrunner for the series' 2022 second series, and co-writing the tie-in graphic novel Ghosts .

Early career

Hardy first started as a special effects "monster-maker" in his bike shed at the age of 12, and made Super 8 films with his school friends. ^[7]

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2003	Butterfly	Yes	Yes	Also producer, cinematographer and editor
2012	In the Back	Yes	Yes

Feature film

• The Hallow (2015) (Also writer)
• The Nun (2018)
• Whistle (2025)

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Notes
2020–present	Gangs of London	Yes	Yes	8 episodes; Role as Fake Shemp; Showrunner: Series 2

Bibliography

Year	Title	Notes
2022	A Gangs of London Story: Ghosts	Co-written with Rowan Athale; illustrated by Ferenc Nothof

References

1. "Corin Hardy". Moviefone. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
2. Ide, Wendy (12 November 2015). "The Hallow review – fairy menace in a disenchanted forest". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
3. Macnab, Geoffrey. "The Hallow, film review: Corin Hardy's horror movie is visually striking but loses the plot". The Independent. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
4. "Sundance 2015: Corin Hardy on 'The Hallow' & 'The Crow'". CraveOnline. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
5. McNary, Dave (2 February 2017). "Corin Hardy to Direct 'Conjuring 2' Spinoff 'The Nun'". Variety . Retrieved 3 May 2017.
6. "Another Farmiga joins the Conjuring Cinematic Universe!". Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
7. "BIOGRAPHY | Corin Hardy". www.corinhardy.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

External links

• Corin Hardy at IMDb