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James Marsh

Director

Credits

FEATURE FILM
Date: 2023
Production (role):
DANCE FIRST
Company:
2LE Media
Project details:
Premiered at the San Sebastian Festival 2023

Starring Gabriel Byrne
Date: 2018
Production (role):
KING OF THIEVES
Company:
Working Title / Studio Canal
Project details:
Starring Michael Caine

Screenplay by Joe Penhall
Date: 2016
Production (role):
THE MERCY
Company:
Blueprint Pictures / BBC Films / Studio Canal
Project details:
Donald Crowhurst project

Starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz
Date: 2014
Production (role):
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Company:
Working Title / Universal
Project details:
Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones

Winner of Oscar for ‘Best Actor’

Winner of Golden Globes for ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Original Score’

Winner of BAFTA’s for ‘Best British Film, ‘Best Actor’, ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’

Nominated for Oscars for ‘Best Motion Picture’, ‘Best Actress’, ‘Best Screenplay’, ‘Original Score’

Nominated for Golden Globes for ‘Best Motion Picture’, ‘Best Actress’

Nominated for 10 BAFTA’s including ‘Best Film’ and ‘Best Actress’
Date: 2012
Production (role):
SHADOW DANCER
Company:
Unanimous Pictures / Element / IFB / BBC Films
Project details:
Starring Andrea Riseborough and Clive Owen

Winner of the Golden Hitchcock Award and the Audience Award at Dinard Film Festival 2012

Nominated for The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012

Winner Best Film at Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2012
Date: 2005
Production (role):
THE KING (Co-Writer / Director)
Company:
Content Film / Film Four
Project details:
Starring Gael Garcia Bernal

Winner of the American Independents Award at the Philadelphia Film Festival in 2006

Nominated for Breakthrough Director Award at the Gotham Awards 2006
Date: 1999
Production (role):
WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP (Writer / Producer / Director)
Company:
Cinemax / BBC
Project details:
Based on the book by Michael Lesy
DOCUMENTARY
Date: 2011
Production (role):
PROJECT NIM
Company:
Passion Pictures / Red Box Films
Project details:
Documentary about the chimp they tried to teach language to

Prod. Simon Chinn

Winner of Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary at DGA Awards 2012

Nominated for Best Documentary at BAFTA's 2012

Nominated for Best Documentary at BIFA's 2011

Nominated for Best Documentary at Evening Standard Awards 2012

Winner of Directing Award in Documentary category at Sundance Film Festival 2011
Premiered at Sundance 2011
Date: 2008
Production (role):
MAN ON WIRE
Company:
Red Box Films / Discovery Films / BBC
Project details:
Documentary about tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s stunt atop the World Trade Centre

Winner of Best Documentary at the Academy Film Awards 2009

Winner of Outstanding British Film at BAFTA's 2009

Winner of the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema – Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival 2008

Winner of Best Documentary at BIFA's 2008

Winner of Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary at DGA Awards 2009

(Won 43 Awards)
Date: 2005
Production (role):
THE TEAM
Company:
Hands On Productions
Project details:
Documentary about a homeless New York Soccer team who travel to Austria for the first Homeless World Cup
Date: 1999
Production (role):
ARENA 'BLONDES: JANE MANSFIELD'
Company:
Illuminations / BBC
Date: 1998
Production (role):
JOHN CALE
Project details:
Single Film
Date: 1996
Production (role):
THE BURGER & THE KING: THE LIFE AND CUISINE OF ELVIS PRESLEY
Company:
BBC
Date: 1990
Production (role):
THE ANIMATOR OF PRAGUE
Company:
BBC
TELEVISION
Date: 2017
Production (role):
DIAN FOSSEY: SECRETS IN THE MIST (Executive Producer)
Company:
Tigress Productions
Project details:
TV Mini-Series
Date: 2016
Production (role):
THE NIGHT OF
Company:
HBO
Project details:
1 Episode - 'The Art of War'

Starring Riz Ahmed, John Turturro

Emmy Nominated for 'Outstanding Mini Series'
Date: 2009
Production (role):
RED RIDING: 1980
Company:
Revolution Films / Channel Four
Project details:
Single Film

Wr. Tony Grisoni

Based on the novels by David Peace

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): DANCE FIRST
    Company: 2LE Media
    Project details: Premiered at the San Sebastian Festival 2023

    Starring Gabriel Byrne
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): KING OF THIEVES
    Company: Working Title / Studio Canal
    Project details: Starring Michael Caine

    Screenplay by Joe Penhall
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): THE MERCY
    Company: Blueprint Pictures / BBC Films / Studio Canal
    Project details: Donald Crowhurst project

    Starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
    Company: Working Title / Universal
    Project details: Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones

    Winner of Oscar for ‘Best Actor’

    Winner of Golden Globes for ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Original Score’

    Winner of BAFTA’s for ‘Best British Film, ‘Best Actor’, ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’

    Nominated for Oscars for ‘Best Motion Picture’, ‘Best Actress’, ‘Best Screenplay’, ‘Original Score’

    Nominated for Golden Globes for ‘Best Motion Picture’, ‘Best Actress’

    Nominated for 10 BAFTA’s including ‘Best Film’ and ‘Best Actress’
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): SHADOW DANCER
    Company: Unanimous Pictures / Element / IFB / BBC Films
    Project details: Starring Andrea Riseborough and Clive Owen

    Winner of the Golden Hitchcock Award and the Audience Award at Dinard Film Festival 2012

    Nominated for The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012

    Winner Best Film at Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2012
  • Date: 2005
    Production (role): THE KING (Co-Writer / Director)
    Company: Content Film / Film Four
    Project details: Starring Gael Garcia Bernal

    Winner of the American Independents Award at the Philadelphia Film Festival in 2006

    Nominated for Breakthrough Director Award at the Gotham Awards 2006
  • Date: 1999
    Production (role): WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP (Writer / Producer / Director)
    Company: Cinemax / BBC
    Project details: Based on the book by Michael Lesy
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): PROJECT NIM
    Company: Passion Pictures / Red Box Films
    Project details: Documentary about the chimp they tried to teach language to

    Prod. Simon Chinn

    Winner of Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary at DGA Awards 2012

    Nominated for Best Documentary at BAFTA's 2012

    Nominated for Best Documentary at BIFA's 2011

    Nominated for Best Documentary at Evening Standard Awards 2012

    Winner of Directing Award in Documentary category at Sundance Film Festival 2011
    Premiered at Sundance 2011
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): MAN ON WIRE
    Company: Red Box Films / Discovery Films / BBC
    Project details: Documentary about tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s stunt atop the World Trade Centre

    Winner of Best Documentary at the Academy Film Awards 2009

    Winner of Outstanding British Film at BAFTA's 2009

    Winner of the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema – Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival 2008

    Winner of Best Documentary at BIFA's 2008

    Winner of Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary at DGA Awards 2009

    (Won 43 Awards)
  • Date: 2005
    Production (role): THE TEAM
    Company: Hands On Productions
    Project details: Documentary about a homeless New York Soccer team who travel to Austria for the first Homeless World Cup
  • Date: 1999
    Production (role): ARENA 'BLONDES: JANE MANSFIELD'
    Company: Illuminations / BBC
    Project details:
  • Date: 1998
    Production (role): JOHN CALE
    Company:
    Project details: Single Film
  • Date: 1996
    Production (role): THE BURGER & THE KING: THE LIFE AND CUISINE OF ELVIS PRESLEY
    Company: BBC
    Project details:
  • Date: 1990
    Production (role): THE ANIMATOR OF PRAGUE
    Company: BBC
    Project details:
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): DIAN FOSSEY: SECRETS IN THE MIST (Executive Producer)
    Company: Tigress Productions
    Project details: TV Mini-Series
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): THE NIGHT OF
    Company: HBO
    Project details: 1 Episode - 'The Art of War'

    Starring Riz Ahmed, John Turturro

    Emmy Nominated for 'Outstanding Mini Series'
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): RED RIDING: 1980
    Company: Revolution Films / Channel Four
    Project details: Single Film

    Wr. Tony Grisoni

    Based on the novels by David Peace
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