Farren Blackburn

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Farren Blackburn is a British film and television director and screenwriter. His work includes Netflix's young adult love story, The Innocents , the French English-language psychological thriller Shut In starring Naomi Watts, Netflix and Marvel's Daredevil , Iron Fist and The Defenders .

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Early life

He attended Caythorpe Primary School, [1] then the Sir William Robertson School in Welbourn. In Caythorpe, he lived on South Parade. [2] In 1989, he went to the US to teach soccer over the summer. [3] He studied for a degree in Sports Science at the West London Institute of Higher Education. [4]

As a young man, he signed professionally for Cambridge United Football Club and represented England at the youth level.[ citation needed ] After being in London, he applied for a Career Development Loan and completed an MA in Film and TV at Bournemouth University.

He found his way onto the BBC Production Training Scheme, for which there were ten places a year, with around five thousand applicants. He had a film featured at the BBC Short Film Festival.

Career

He directed The Fades, for which he received a BAFTA for best Drama Series. He also directed the Golden Globe nominated crime series Luther , the movie Hammer of the Gods , the BBC period drama The Musketeers and the Doctor Who episodes "The Rings of Akhaten" and the 2011 Christmas special "The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe". [5] He directed Naomi Watts in the French English-language psychological thriller Shut In (2016), based on Christina Hodson's Blacklist screenplay about a woman who discovers a shocking secret about her catatonic son. [6] In June 2019, he announced via Twitter that he would direct 5 episodes of season 2 of A Discovery of Witches .

Previously, he was also a regular director of the BBC medical drama Holby City .

Awards

He won a BAFTA for best Drama Series for The Fades . [7]

Family life

He is married to actress Verona Joseph and has two daughters and a son: Elsie-Mae Blackburn, Ruby-Rose Blackburn and Terrell Blackburn. [8]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Grantham Journal Friday 4 September 1998, page 17
  2. ↑ Grantham Journal Friday 16 November 1984 page 30
  3. ↑ Grantham Journal Friday 30 June 1989, page 27
  4. ↑ Grantham Journal Friday 7 July 1989, page 27
  5. ↑ "The Musketeers – Farren Blackburn". Peter Capaldi News. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (5 November 2014). "AFM: Naomi Watts Joins Psychological Thriller 'Shut In'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Television Awards Winners 2012". BAFTA. 24 April 2012. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Verona Joseph - TV.com". Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
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