Elliot Hegarty

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Elliot Hegarty
Born1971 (age 52–53)
London, England, UK
Occupation(s)Film director, television director
Years active1996–present

Elliot Hegarty is a film and television director working in Britain and the United States.

His film and TV credits include Rivals starring David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Danny Dyer and Katherine Parkinson for Disney+, Ted Lasso starring Jason Sudeikis for Apple TV which won 7 Emmys in 2021, [1] the highly-acclaimed Cheaters for BBC1, two film adaptations of David Walliams' books - The Midnight Gang with Alan Davies and Haydn Gwynne and Grandpa's Great Escape with Tom Courtenay and Jennifer Saunders. He also directed the first block of Season 3 of Trying for Apple TV, Lizzie and Sarah by Julia Davis, Lovesick on Netflix, Star Stories , The Kevin Bishop Show , FM , Moving Wallpaper , Great Night Out and Jack Whitehall's TV series - Bad Education . In the US Elliot has directed over 35 episodes of TV across a broad range of Network comedies such as Black-ish , The Real O'Neals , Mr. Sunshine , The Middle , Suburgatory, Selfie, Trophy Wife, Family Tools and Mixology.

His two feature film credits are The Bad Education Movie and the 2000 film County Kilburn starring Ciarán McMenamin, a film he also wrote. [2]

Elliot also directs commercials. The first three ads he directed were for Club 18–30, for which he won eight awards, including a Silver and two Bronzes at the British Television Advertising awards and a Bronze Lion at Cannes. [3] He was nominated as Best New Director at the British Television Advertising Craft awards in 2000 and selected for the prestigious New Directors' Showcase in Cannes 2001. [4] He has worked with such clients as Guinness, MFI, KFC, Toyota, Npower, Enterprise, Hyundai and the Daily Telegraph.

He has been twice nominated for a BAFTA award - in 2008 [5] and again in 2018. [6] He won Best Comedy at the British Comedy Awards. [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Elliot Hegarty Movies & TV". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2000 Winners Archive". adforum.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "25 Years, 25 Directors: Saatchi Marks A Quarter Century Of Its New Directors Showcase". Co.Create. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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