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| Born | Otto Benjamin Charles Bathurst [1] 18 January 1971 [1] Hammersmith, London England [2] |
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| Children | Three [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]
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]
Bathurst lives in Somerset, England. He has three children, the first, Eric, was born in 2006 and the second, Ursula, in 2008. [10] [11] The Bathurst family has resided in the town of Bath, Somerset since 2013, [3] [12] [11] Otto enjoys cooking and his favourite restaurant serves classic Indian cuisine. [13]
The Bathursts are followers of the “socially dangerous” Universal Medicine cult and dedicated to its leader, Serge Banhayon’s teachings. [14] [10] [12] [15] Based in Frome, Somerset, the sect is reportedly popular with middle-class professionals and in 2019 it was ruled as a "socially harmful cult" by the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The Times reported that Bathurst "is the best known of the group's British adherents" and first identified him as a follower. [16] [14]
Bathurst began his career in editing and then worked on commercials, before moving into television. [17] He has taught filmmaking at Oxford and London universities. [15]
In 2009, Bathurst directed Margot, a biopic of Margot Fonteyn starring Anne-Marie Duff, which focused upon the relationship between Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. [18]
In 2011, he directed "The National Anthem", the first episode of the anthology television series Black Mirror . [19]
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 . [20] 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. [21] The film was universally panned [22] and was estimated to have lost the studio US$83.7 million. [23]
He directed episodes of the historical drama series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth , broadcast in January 2025. [24]
Feature film
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 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 |
| 2009 | Margot | TV movie |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | Episode "The National Anthem" |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Hysteria | Unaired 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 |
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