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Dylan Holmes Williams

Director / Writer

Represented by:

Jessica Stewart , Francesca Devas

Dylan Holmes Williams is a writer/director based in London.

In TV, he directed four episodes of M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant on Apple TV+, including the season opener of season 4. He directed block 1 of Series 14 of Doctor Who for BBC & Disney+, written by Russell T Davies, starring Ncuti Gatwa. He is about to start filming on The War Between The Land and Sea for BBC & Disney+.

In features, he is developing projects with Working Title, Complete Fiction and Film4.

His short film The Devil’s Harmony (2019) won the Jury Prize for International Fiction at Sundance 2020, Best UK Short at the London Critics Circle 2020, Best Director Award at Fantastic Fest 2019 and was nominated for a 2019 BIFA for Best British Short Film. It is available to stream on Disney+, Amazon Prime & the Criterion Channel.

His short film Stilts (2019) was commissioned by Channel 4 Random Acts. It was programmed by Film4 in the U.K. and had its international premiere at Slamdance 2021. His short film The Nightmare On Deskteeth Street (2017) premiered at BFI London Film Festival 2017.

He has dual British-American citizenship and is a member of the Director’s Guild of America.

Credits

TELEVISION
Date: 2024
Production (role):
The War Between the Land and Sea (Director)
Company:
Bad Wolf / BBC Studios / Disney
Project details:
In production

Series Director

Written by Russell T Davies and Pete McTighe

Created by Russell T Davies
Date: 2024
Production (role):
Doctor Who (Director)
Company:
Bad Wolf / BBC Studios / Disney
Project details:
Block 1 director

2 episodes of Series 14

Starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson

Written by Russell T Davies
Date: 2022
Production (role):
Servant 4 (Director)
Company:
Blinding Edge Pictures / Apple
Project details:
Lead block
Date: 2022
Production (role):
Servant 3 (Director)
Company:
Blinding Edge Pictures / Apple
Project details:
2 episodes
Date: 2019
Production (role):
Catching The Bus (Director)
Company:
Hat Trick / Comedy Central
Project details:
Teaser/pilot

Written by Ryan Sampson

Starring Ryan Sampson & Jessica Hynes

SHORT
Date: 2019
Production (role):
Stilts (Director / Writer)
Project details:
Part of the C4 Random Acts Strand

Date: 2019
Production (role):
The Devil's Harmony (Director / Co-Writer)
Company:
Tarta Studios
Project details:
Starring Patsy Ferran

Jury Prize for International Fiction at Sundance 2020
Best UK Short at the London Critics Circle 2020
Best Director Award at Fantastic Fest 2019
Nominated for a 2019 BIFA for Best British Short Film
Date: 2016
Production (role):
The Nightmare on Deskteeth Street (Director)
Project details:
Featured at BFI London Film Festival 2017

Featured at Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2017
FEATURE FILM
Production (role):
How To Speak French (Writer/Director)
Company:
Film 4
Project details:
In development

Producer - Alex Polunin

Production (role):
The Reckoning (Director / Writer)
Company:
Working Title Films
Project details:
In development

Co-written by Jess O'Kane
Production (role):
Ikley (Editor)
Company:
Independent Film
Project details:
In production

Written & Directed by Harry Michell

Starring Roger Allam, Derek Jacobi and Anna Maxwell-Martin
Date: 2016
Production (role):
Chubby Funny (Editor)
Company:
Free Range Films
Project details:
BIFA nominated film for Most Promising Newcomer

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): The War Between the Land and Sea (Director)
    Company: Bad Wolf / BBC Studios / Disney
    Project details: In production

    Series Director

    Written by Russell T Davies and Pete McTighe

    Created by Russell T Davies
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): Doctor Who (Director)
    Company: Bad Wolf / BBC Studios / Disney
    Project details: Block 1 director

    2 episodes of Series 14

    Starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson

    Written by Russell T Davies
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): Servant 4 (Director)
    Company: Blinding Edge Pictures / Apple
    Project details: Lead block
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): Servant 3 (Director)
    Company: Blinding Edge Pictures / Apple
    Project details: 2 episodes
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): Catching The Bus (Director)
    Company: Hat Trick / Comedy Central
    Project details: Teaser/pilot

    Written by Ryan Sampson

    Starring Ryan Sampson & Jessica Hynes

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): Stilts (Director / Writer)
    Company:
    Project details: Part of the C4 Random Acts Strand

  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): The Devil's Harmony (Director / Co-Writer)
    Company: Tarta Studios
    Project details: Starring Patsy Ferran

    Jury Prize for International Fiction at Sundance 2020
    Best UK Short at the London Critics Circle 2020
    Best Director Award at Fantastic Fest 2019
    Nominated for a 2019 BIFA for Best British Short Film
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): The Nightmare on Deskteeth Street (Director)
    Company:
    Project details: Featured at BFI London Film Festival 2017

    Featured at Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2017
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date:
    Production (role): How To Speak French (Writer/Director)
    Company: Film 4
    Project details: In development

    Producer - Alex Polunin

  • Date:
    Production (role): The Reckoning (Director / Writer)
    Company: Working Title Films
    Project details: In development

    Co-written by Jess O'Kane
  • Date:
    Production (role): Ikley (Editor)
    Company: Independent Film
    Project details: In production

    Written & Directed by Harry Michell

    Starring Roger Allam, Derek Jacobi and Anna Maxwell-Martin
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): Chubby Funny (Editor)
    Company: Free Range Films
    Project details: BIFA nominated film for Most Promising Newcomer
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