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/Marvel's ''Daredevil'', ''Iron Fist'' and ''The Defenders''.
Early career
As a young man he was on the books of
Cambridge United Football Club
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and represented
England
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at youth level.
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
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People
* Martin Luther (1483–1546), German monk credited with initiating the Protestant Reformation
* Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), American minister and leader in the American civil rights movement
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'', the movie ''
Hammer of the Gods, ''BBC period drama'' The Musketeers'' and the ''
Doctor Who
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'' episodes "The Rings of Akhaten" and the 2011 Christmas special, "The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe".
He directed
Naomi Watts
Naomi Ellen Watts (born 28 September 1968) is a British actress. After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama '' For Love Alone'' (1986) and then appeared in three television series, '' Hey Dad..!'' (1990), '' ...
in the French English-language psychological thriller ''
Shut In'' (2016), from
Christina Hodson
Christina Hodson is a British screenwriter, known for ''Bumblebee'' (2018) and ''Birds of Prey'' (2020). Her 2016 film '' Shut In'' appeared on the 2012 Black List, an annual list of Hollywood's best-liked unproduced screenplays, as have two ...
's ''Blacklist'' screenplay about a woman who discovers a shocking secret about her catatonic son.
In June 2019 he announced via
Twitter
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that he will direct 5 episodes of season 2 of
A Discovery of Witches
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In years previous, he was also a regular director of
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and has two daughters and a son: Elsie-Mae Blackburn, Ruby-Rose Blackburn and Terrell Blackburn.
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