Otto Bathurst

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Otto Bathurst
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Bathurst in 2015
Born
Otto Benjamin Charles Bathurst [1]

(1971-01-18) 18 January 1971 (age 54) [1]
Hammersmith, London England [2]
Occupations
  • Television director
  • film director
ChildrenThree [3]

Otto Benjamin Charles Bathurst (born 18 January 1971) [1] is a British television and film director. In 2014, he won a BAFTA for his work on BBC drama Peaky Blinders . [4] [5] He was also previously BAFTA nominated for his work on BBC series Criminal Justice and Five Days . [6]

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Early life

Bathurst was born on 18 January 1971, [1] the son of Elizabeth Mary (Thompson) [7] and Christopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe. [8] He grew up in Dudley and Bridgnorth. [9] He began to study engineering at university, but dropped out to move to London and work in film. [9]

Family life

The Bathurst family has lived in Bath, Somerset since 2013. [3] [10] [11] Otto enjoys cooking and his favourite restaurant serves classic Indian cuisine. [12]

Career

Bathurst began his career in editing and then worked on commercials, before moving into television. [13] He has taught filmmaking at Oxford and London universities. [14]

In 2009, Bathurst directed Margot, a biopic of Margot Fonteyn starring Anne-Marie Duff, which focused upon the relationship between Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. [15]

In 2011, he directed "The National Anthem", the first episode of the anthology television series Black Mirror . [16]

He has also directed episodes of Urban Gothic , Teachers , and Hustle . In 2013, he was described by Express & Star as "Britain's most exciting director". [9]

In 2018, he made his feature film directorial debut with Robin Hood . [17] It starred Jamie Dornan as Will Scarlett, Jamie Foxx as Little John, Tim Minchin as Friar Tuck, Eve Hewson as Maid Marian, and Taron Egerton as the eponymous hero. [18] The film was universally panned [19] and was estimated to have lost the studio US$83.7 million. [20]

He directed episodes of the historical drama series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth , broadcast in January 2025. [21]

Filmography

Feature film

Television

YearTitleNotes
2000-2001 Urban Gothic 4 episodes
2003 Teachers 3 episodes
2005-2006 Hustle 4 episodes
2007 Five Days 3 episodes
2008 Criminal Justice 3 episodes
2009MargotTV movie
2011 Black Mirror Episode "The National Anthem"
2013 Peaky Blinders 3 episodes
2014HysteriaUnaired pilot
2019 His Dark Materials Episodes "Armour" and "The Lost Boy";
Also executive producer
2022 Billy the Kid 2 episodes
2022–2024 Halo 4 episodes
2025 Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Otto Bathurst". AlloCiné . Archived from the original on 21 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Otto Bathurst: Biography". IMDb. 20 April 2020. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Komedia Bath: IMDb Script to Screen Award 2018". TicketSource. 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "2014 Television Craft Director - Fiction". British Academy Film Awards. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Peaky Blinders wins two prizes at BAFTA Craft Awards". Birmingham Mail . 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "BAFTA Awards Search". British Academy Film Awards . 21 October 2019. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Obituaries: Elizabeth Mary (Thompson) STRACHAN". The Times . Legacy. 11 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Run by a wealthy old Etonian in deepest Somerset". Celebrity Best News. 16 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020.
  9. 1 2 3 Richardson, Andy (18 September 2013). "I hate period TV shows - but Peaky Blinders was rock 'n' roll". Express & Star . MNA Media. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019.
  10. ↑ Bathurst, Otto (October 2015). "A True Man in the 21st Century". The Bath Magazine. UK: MC Publishing Ltd. p. 12. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "The Team". Creative Aquatic. Frome, Somerset: The Lighthouse. 20 October 2019. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020.
  12. ↑ Bielby, Matt (6–20 July 2018). "The Big Interview". Bath Life. MediaClash Ltd. pp. 54–57.
  13. ↑ "Otto Bathurst". Screen Daily . Media Business Insight Ltd. 29 June 2009. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020.
  14. ↑ Bathurst, Otto (15 December 2015). "Serge Benhayon, me and men". Unimed Living. Universal Medicine. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020.
  15. ↑ Jennings, Luke (29 November 2009). "Anne-Marie Duff: why playing Margot Fonteyn hurt". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 21 October 2019.
  16. ↑ Frost, Vicky (7 November 2011). "The National Anthem: the princess, the PM and bestiality on TV? It must be C4". The Guardian . UK. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019.
  17. ↑ Sharf, Zack (3 May 2018). "'Robin Hood' First Trailer: Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx Put An Action-Packed Spin on the Legend". IndieWire . Archived from the original on 19 July 2020.
  18. ↑ PA (3 May 2018). "Taron Egerton revealed as Robin Hood in first teaser". Belfast Telegraph . Archived from the original on 19 July 2020.
  19. ↑ "Robin Hood (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. 31 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020.
  20. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (8 April 2019). "The Biggest Box Office Bombs Of 2018: Deadline's Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 14 April 2020.
  21. ↑ Hilton, Nick (2 January 2025). "Lockerbie drama is a punch to the gut with a stellar performance from Colin Firth". The Independent. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
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