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John Strickland

Director

John is represented by Paradigm Agency and managed by Lighthouse Entertainment in the United States.

Credits

TELEVISION
Date: 2024
Production (role):
THE RIG (Series II)
Company:
Kudos/ Amazon
Project details:
Director
Series Executive Producer
Date: 2021
Production (role):
THE RIG
Company:
Kudos/ Amazon
Project details:
Episodes 1, 2, 3 & 6
Series Executive Producer
Date: 2020
Production (role):
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
Company:
HBO
Project details:
Episode 4
Created by Steve Yockey

Nominated - Outstanding Comedy Series Primetime Emmy 2021
Nominated - Golden Globe Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy 2021
Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2021
Nominated - Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Comedy Series 2021
Nominated - Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Comedy Series 2021
Nominated - HCA TV Awards Best Streaming Series Comedy 2021
Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series 2021
Date: 2019
Production (role):
STRIKE BACK 8
Company:
Leftbank Pictures/SKY
Project details:
Episodes 7 & 8.
Date: 2018
Production (role):
LINE OF DUTY Series 5
Company:
World Productions/BBC
Project details:
Opening episodes.

Winner - TV Choice Awards for Best Drama Series 2019

Winner - RTS Northern Ireland for Best Drama 2019
Date: 2017
Production (role):
BODYGUARD
Company:
World Productions/BBC
Project details:
Closing episodes of Series 1.

Written by Jed Mercurio

Winner - TV Choice Awards for Best New Drama 2019
Nominated Emmy Award Outstanding Drama Series 2019
Nominated Golden Globes Best Television Series 2019
Nominated National Film Awards Best Drama 2019
Winner Best Drama National Television Awards 2019
Nominated Broadcast Film Critics Award Best Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated Broadcasting Press Guild Award Best Drama Series
Date: 2017
Production (role):
TROY
Company:
BBC/NETFLIX/WILD MERCURY/KUDOS
Project details:
Episodes 7 & 8
Date: 2016/17
Production (role):
LINE OF DUTY 4
Company:
World Productions/BBC
Project details:
Episodes 3,4,5 & 6

Creator/Writer Jed Mercurio

Winner Voice of the Listeners and Viewers Award Best Drama Series 2018

Nominated BAFTA Television Awards Best Drama Series 2018

Winner Broadcasting Press Guild Awards Best Drama Series 2018

Nominated Best Drama Series Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2018

Nominated Broadcast Award Best Drama Series 2017

Winner Royal Television Society - Northern Ireland Award Best Drama 2017

Nominated IFTA Best Drama 2017

Nominated National Television Awards Best Crime Drama 2017
Date: 2016
Production (role):
IN PLAIN SIGHT
Company:
ITV / World Productions
Project details:
Original 3 Part Drama

Writer Nick Stevens

Starring Martin Compston

Winner RTS Scotland Award for Best Drama Series 2017

Nominated BAFTA Scotland Best Scripted Television Programme 2017
Date: 2015
Production (role):
LINE OF DUTY
Company:
BBC / World Productions
Project details:
Series 3, Episodes 4, 5 & 90min Episode 6

Creator/Writer Jed Mercurio

Starring Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar


Broadcast TV Moment of the year "Urgent Exit Required"

Nominated BAFTA TV Moment of The Year: "Urgent Exit Required"
Date: 2013
Production (role):
MUSKETEERS
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Episodes 1 & 2

Created by Adrian Hodges

Starring Tom Burke, Luke Pasqualino
Date: 2013
Production (role):
UNDENIABLE
Company:
TXTV / ITV
Project details:
Original 2 part drama

By Chris Lang
Date: 2013
Production (role):
POIROT: “ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER”
Company:
Mammoth Screen / ITV Studios
Project details:
90 min TV Film

Starring Ian Glen, David Suchet, Zoe Wanamaker
Date: 2012
Production (role):
MR SELFRIDGE
Company:
ITV Studios / ITV
Project details:
Episodes 2 & 3

Starring Jeremy Piven
Date: 2011
Production (role):
CASE SENSITIVE: “THE OTHER HALF LIVES”
Company:
Hat Trick / ITV
Project details:
Original two part drama

Prod. Rob Bullock
Date: 2011
Production (role):
WHITECHAPEL
Company:
Carnival / ITV (3 Episodes)
Project details:
Prod. David Bolter

Starring Rupert Penry Jones and Phil Davis
Date: 2010
Production (role):
BEDLAM
Company:
Red / Living
Project details:
Episodes 1, 2 & 3

Starring Will Young
Date: 2009
Production (role):
MARPLE: “THE SECRET OF CHIMNEYS”
Company:
ITV
Project details:
90 mins

Starring Julia McKenzie
Date: 2009
Production (role):
THE PHILANTHROPIST: “KOSOVO”
Company:
Carnival / NBC
Project details:
1 Episode
Date: 2007-08
Production (role):
THE FIXER
Company:
Kudos / ITV
Project details:
2 Episodes

Writer Ben Richards

Starring Peter Mullan and Andrew Buchan

Won RTS Award for best drama series 2008
Date: 2007
Production (role):
THE MURDER OF PRINCESS DIANA
Company:
WTTV / Lifetime
Project details:
90 mins Television Film

Producer Julia Stannard

OFTA TV Award 2008
Nominated Best Director of Motion Picture or Mini Series
Date: 2007
Production (role):
BIG LOVE: “CIRCLE THE WAGONS”
Company:
HBO
Project details:
Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Series 2008
Date: 2006
Production (role):
BODIES III
Company:
Hat Trick / BBC
Project details:
90 minute Television Film

Writer/Producer Jed Mercurio
Date: 2006
Production (role):
A FOR ANDROMEDA
Company:
BBC 4
Project details:
90 minute Television Film

Producer Alison Willett

Starring Tom Hardy and Kelly Reilly
Date: 2006
Production (role):
THE FAMILY MAN
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Original 3 part drama

Producer Sarah Brown

Starring Trevor Eve and Lennie James
Production (role):
BODIES
Company:
Hat Trick / BBC
Project details:
Series II, Episodes 1 & 2

Writer/Producer Jed Mercurio

Starring Max Beesley, Keith Allen and Patrick Balardi

Won RTS Award for Best Drama Series 2006

Nominated BAFTA Award Best Drama Series 2006
Production (role):
MISS MARPLE “A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED”
Company:
Mammoth Screen
Project details:
90 minute Television Film

Starring Geraldine McEwan and Zoe Wanamaker

Starring Geraldine McEwan and Zoe Wanamaker
Production (role):
BODIES
Company:
Hat Trick / BBC
Project details:
Episodes 1 & 2

Writer/Producer Jed Mercurio

Starring Max Beesley, Keith Allen

Nominated for BAFTA for Best Drama Series

RTS Awards, 2005 Winner

Directors Guild of Great Britain Outstanding Directorial Achievement

Wr. / Prod. Jed Mercurio

Starring Max Beesley, Keith Allen
Production (role):
MURPHY’S LAW
Company:
Tiger Aspect (Pilot)
Project details:
Prod. Tom Sherry

Starring James Nesbitt
Production (role):
PERFECT
Company:
RDF Media / ITV
Project details:
Original 3 Part Drama

Starring Michelle Collins

Nominated for Best Single Drama at 2002 Television Broadcast Awards
Production (role):
REBEL HEART
Company:
Picture Palace / BBC
Project details:
Original 4 part drama

Winner - Nymph D’Or Best Director, Monte Carlo Television Festival 2001
Production (role):
CLOCKING OFF
Company:
Red Productions
Project details:
Episodes 1 & 2

Winner - BAFTA Best Drama Series 2001
Production (role):
UNDERCOVER HEART
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Episodes 1, 2 & 3

BAFTA Nomination 1999 - Best Drama Series
Production (role):
PLOTLANDS
Company:
Wall to Wall TV / BBC
Project details:
Original 6 part drama
Production (role):
PRIME SUSPECT II
Company:
Granada
Project details:
Original 2 part drama

Winner of Emmy Award for Outstanding Mini-Series

BAFTA Nomination Best Drama Series 1992
FEATURE FILM
Production (role):
THE TIP
Company:
TriStar
Project details:
Feature in Development
Production (role):
GREENWICH MEAN TIME
Company:
Icon / Anvil / GMT Films
Project details:
Prod. Taylor Hackford
CORPORATE
Production (role):
INSIDE INFORMATION
Company:
Video Arts / Daybreak Pictures
Project details:
30 mins

Prod. James Levinson
Production (role):
30 WAYS TO MAKE MORE TIME
Company:
Video Arts / Daybreak Pictures
Project details:
30 mins

Prod. James Levinson

Won Gold Award at the World Media festival 2008

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): THE RIG (Series II)
    Company: Kudos/ Amazon
    Project details: Director
    Series Executive Producer
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): THE RIG
    Company: Kudos/ Amazon
    Project details: Episodes 1, 2, 3 & 6
    Series Executive Producer
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
    Company: HBO
    Project details: Episode 4
    Created by Steve Yockey

    Nominated - Outstanding Comedy Series Primetime Emmy 2021
    Nominated - Golden Globe Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy 2021
    Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2021
    Nominated - Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Comedy Series 2021
    Nominated - Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Comedy Series 2021
    Nominated - HCA TV Awards Best Streaming Series Comedy 2021
    Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series 2021
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): STRIKE BACK 8
    Company: Leftbank Pictures/SKY
    Project details: Episodes 7 & 8.
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): LINE OF DUTY Series 5
    Company: World Productions/BBC
    Project details: Opening episodes.

    Winner - TV Choice Awards for Best Drama Series 2019

    Winner - RTS Northern Ireland for Best Drama 2019
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): BODYGUARD
    Company: World Productions/BBC
    Project details: Closing episodes of Series 1.

    Written by Jed Mercurio

    Winner - TV Choice Awards for Best New Drama 2019
    Nominated Emmy Award Outstanding Drama Series 2019
    Nominated Golden Globes Best Television Series 2019
    Nominated National Film Awards Best Drama 2019
    Winner Best Drama National Television Awards 2019
    Nominated Broadcast Film Critics Award Best Actor in a Drama Series
    Nominated Broadcasting Press Guild Award Best Drama Series
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): TROY
    Company: BBC/NETFLIX/WILD MERCURY/KUDOS
    Project details: Episodes 7 & 8
  • Date: 2016/17
    Production (role): LINE OF DUTY 4
    Company: World Productions/BBC
    Project details: Episodes 3,4,5 & 6

    Creator/Writer Jed Mercurio

    Winner Voice of the Listeners and Viewers Award Best Drama Series 2018

    Nominated BAFTA Television Awards Best Drama Series 2018

    Winner Broadcasting Press Guild Awards Best Drama Series 2018

    Nominated Best Drama Series Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2018

    Nominated Broadcast Award Best Drama Series 2017

    Winner Royal Television Society - Northern Ireland Award Best Drama 2017

    Nominated IFTA Best Drama 2017

    Nominated National Television Awards Best Crime Drama 2017
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): IN PLAIN SIGHT
    Company: ITV / World Productions
    Project details: Original 3 Part Drama

    Writer Nick Stevens

    Starring Martin Compston

    Winner RTS Scotland Award for Best Drama Series 2017

    Nominated BAFTA Scotland Best Scripted Television Programme 2017
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): LINE OF DUTY
    Company: BBC / World Productions
    Project details: Series 3, Episodes 4, 5 & 90min Episode 6

    Creator/Writer Jed Mercurio

    Starring Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar


    Broadcast TV Moment of the year "Urgent Exit Required"

    Nominated BAFTA TV Moment of The Year: "Urgent Exit Required"
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): MUSKETEERS
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Episodes 1 & 2

    Created by Adrian Hodges

    Starring Tom Burke, Luke Pasqualino
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): UNDENIABLE
    Company: TXTV / ITV
    Project details: Original 2 part drama

    By Chris Lang
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): POIROT: “ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER”
    Company: Mammoth Screen / ITV Studios
    Project details: 90 min TV Film

    Starring Ian Glen, David Suchet, Zoe Wanamaker
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): MR SELFRIDGE
    Company: ITV Studios / ITV
    Project details: Episodes 2 & 3

    Starring Jeremy Piven
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): CASE SENSITIVE: “THE OTHER HALF LIVES”
    Company: Hat Trick / ITV
    Project details: Original two part drama

    Prod. Rob Bullock
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): WHITECHAPEL
    Company: Carnival / ITV (3 Episodes)
    Project details: Prod. David Bolter

    Starring Rupert Penry Jones and Phil Davis
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): BEDLAM
    Company: Red / Living
    Project details: Episodes 1, 2 & 3

    Starring Will Young
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): MARPLE: “THE SECRET OF CHIMNEYS”
    Company: ITV
    Project details: 90 mins

    Starring Julia McKenzie
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): THE PHILANTHROPIST: “KOSOVO”
    Company: Carnival / NBC
    Project details: 1 Episode
  • Date: 2007-08
    Production (role): THE FIXER
    Company: Kudos / ITV
    Project details: 2 Episodes

    Writer Ben Richards

    Starring Peter Mullan and Andrew Buchan

    Won RTS Award for best drama series 2008
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): THE MURDER OF PRINCESS DIANA
    Company: WTTV / Lifetime
    Project details: 90 mins Television Film

    Producer Julia Stannard

    OFTA TV Award 2008
    Nominated Best Director of Motion Picture or Mini Series
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): BIG LOVE: “CIRCLE THE WAGONS”
    Company: HBO
    Project details: Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Series 2008
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): BODIES III
    Company: Hat Trick / BBC
    Project details: 90 minute Television Film

    Writer/Producer Jed Mercurio
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): A FOR ANDROMEDA
    Company: BBC 4
    Project details: 90 minute Television Film

    Producer Alison Willett

    Starring Tom Hardy and Kelly Reilly
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): THE FAMILY MAN
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Original 3 part drama

    Producer Sarah Brown

    Starring Trevor Eve and Lennie James
  • Date:
    Production (role): BODIES
    Company: Hat Trick / BBC
    Project details: Series II, Episodes 1 & 2

    Writer/Producer Jed Mercurio

    Starring Max Beesley, Keith Allen and Patrick Balardi

    Won RTS Award for Best Drama Series 2006

    Nominated BAFTA Award Best Drama Series 2006
  • Date:
    Production (role): MISS MARPLE “A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED”
    Company: Mammoth Screen
    Project details: 90 minute Television Film

    Starring Geraldine McEwan and Zoe Wanamaker

    Starring Geraldine McEwan and Zoe Wanamaker
  • Date:
    Production (role): BODIES
    Company: Hat Trick / BBC
    Project details: Episodes 1 & 2

    Writer/Producer Jed Mercurio

    Starring Max Beesley, Keith Allen

    Nominated for BAFTA for Best Drama Series

    RTS Awards, 2005 Winner

    Directors Guild of Great Britain Outstanding Directorial Achievement

    Wr. / Prod. Jed Mercurio

    Starring Max Beesley, Keith Allen
  • Date:
    Production (role): MURPHY’S LAW
    Company: Tiger Aspect (Pilot)
    Project details: Prod. Tom Sherry

    Starring James Nesbitt
  • Date:
    Production (role): PERFECT
    Company: RDF Media / ITV
    Project details: Original 3 Part Drama

    Starring Michelle Collins

    Nominated for Best Single Drama at 2002 Television Broadcast Awards
  • Date:
    Production (role): REBEL HEART
    Company: Picture Palace / BBC
    Project details: Original 4 part drama

    Winner - Nymph D’Or Best Director, Monte Carlo Television Festival 2001
  • Date:
    Production (role): CLOCKING OFF
    Company: Red Productions
    Project details: Episodes 1 & 2

    Winner - BAFTA Best Drama Series 2001
  • Date:
    Production (role): UNDERCOVER HEART
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Episodes 1, 2 & 3

    BAFTA Nomination 1999 - Best Drama Series
  • Date:
    Production (role): PLOTLANDS
    Company: Wall to Wall TV / BBC
    Project details: Original 6 part drama
  • Date:
    Production (role): PRIME SUSPECT II
    Company: Granada
    Project details: Original 2 part drama

    Winner of Emmy Award for Outstanding Mini-Series

    BAFTA Nomination Best Drama Series 1992
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): THE TIP
    Company: TriStar
    Project details: Feature in Development
  • Production (role): GREENWICH MEAN TIME
    Company: Icon / Anvil / GMT Films
    Project details: Prod. Taylor Hackford
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): INSIDE INFORMATION
    Company: Video Arts / Daybreak Pictures
    Project details: 30 mins

    Prod. James Levinson
  • Production (role): 30 WAYS TO MAKE MORE TIME
    Company: Video Arts / Daybreak Pictures
    Project details: 30 mins

    Prod. James Levinson

    Won Gold Award at the World Media festival 2008
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