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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 Bathurst in 2015 | |
| Born | Otto Benjamin Charles Bathurst[1] 18 January 1971[1] Hammersmith, London England[2] |
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| Children | Three[3] |
Early life
editBathurst 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
editBathurst's family has lived in Bath, Somerset since 2013.[3][10][11] He enjoys cooking and his favourite restaurant serves classic Indian cuisine.[12]
Career
editBathurst 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
editFeature film
- Robin Hood (2018)
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2001 | Urban Gothic | Yes | No | 4 episodes |
| 2002 | Comedy Lab | Yes | No | Episode "Shoreditch Tw*t" |
| Guardian of the Amazon | Yes | No | TV movie | |
| 2003 | 20 Things to Do Before You're 30 | Yes | No | 3 episodes |
| Teachers | Yes | No | 3 episodes | |
| UGetMe | Yes | No | 6 episodes | |
| 2004 | NY-LON | Yes | No | Episode "Something About Chemicals" |
| 2005-2006 | Hustle | Yes | No | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Five Days | Yes | No | 3 episodes |
| 2008 | Criminal Justice | Yes | No | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Margot | Yes | No | TV movie |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | Yes | No | Episode "The National Anthem" |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Yes | No | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Hysteria | Yes | Yes | Unaired pilot |
| 2019 | His Dark Materials | Yes | Yes | Episodes "Armour" and "The Lost Boy" |
| 2022 | Billy the Kid | Yes | Yes | 2 episodes |
| 2022-2024 | Halo | Yes | Yes | 4 episodes |
| 2023 | The Winter King | Yes | Yes | 4 episodes |
| 2025 | Lockerbie: A Search for Truth | Yes | Yes | 4 episodes |
| The Abandons | Yes | Yes | 2 episodes | |
| 2026 | Prisoner | Yes | Yes | 3 episodes |
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 "Otto Bathurst". AlloCiné. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019.
- ↑ "Otto Bathurst: Biography". IMDb. 20 April 2020. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020.
- 1 2 "Komedia Bath: IMDb Script to Screen Award 2018". TicketSource. 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020.
- ↑ "2014 Television Craft Director - Fiction". British Academy Film Awards. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019.
- ↑ "Peaky Blinders wins two prizes at BAFTA Craft Awards". Birmingham Mail. 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020.
- ↑ "BAFTA Awards Search". British Academy Film Awards. 21 October 2019. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018.
- ↑ "Obituaries: Elizabeth Mary (Thompson) STRACHAN". The Times. Legacy. 11 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020.
- ↑ "Run by a wealthy old Etonian in deepest Somerset". Celebrity Best News. 16 March 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 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.
- ↑ Bathurst, Otto (October 2015). "A True Man in the 21st Century". The Bath Magazine. UK: MC Publishing Ltd. p. 12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "The Team". Creative Aquatic. Frome, Somerset: The Lighthouse. 20 October 2019. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020.
- ↑ Bielby, Matt (6–20 July 2018). "The Big Interview". Bath Life. MediaClash Ltd. pp. 54–57.
- ↑ "Otto Bathurst". Screen Daily. Media Business Insight Ltd. 29 June 2009. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020.
- ↑ Bathurst, Otto (15 December 2015). "Serge Benhayon, me and men". Unimed Living. Universal Medicine. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020.
- ↑ Jennings, Luke (29 November 2009). "Anne-Marie Duff: why playing Margot Fonteyn hurt". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Sharf, Zack (3 May 2018). "'Robin Hood' First Trailer: Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx Put An Action-Packed Spin on the Legend". IndieWire.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Robin Hood (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. 31 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.