Name Farren Blackburn Role Film director | Spouse Verona Joseph (m. 2003) Upcoming movie Shut In | |
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Movies Hammer of the Gods, Shut In, Bottle Awards British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series Similar People Michael Jibson, Guy Flanagan, Charlie Bewley, James Cosmo, Ivan Kaye | ||
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Farren Blackburn is a British film and television director and scriptwriter. His work includes Shut In starring Naomi Watts, Netflix/Marvel's Daredevil, Iron Fist and The Defenders. 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 and the Doctor Who episodes "The Rings of Akhaten" and the 2011 Christmas special, "The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe".
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Early career
As a young man he was on the books of Cambridge United Football Club and represented England at youth level.
Career
He has adapted John Richardson's golfing novel Dream On into a film script and will begin shooting that early in 2013.
He directed Naomi Watts in the psychological thriller Shut In (2016), from Christina Hodson's Blacklist screenplay about a woman who discovers a shocking secret about her catatonic son.
Awards
He won a BAFTA for best Drama Series for The Fades.
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.