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John Hardwick

Director

Credits

TELEVISION
Production (role):
THE BUCCANEERS S2
Company:
The Forge Entertainment / Apple TV+
Project details:
In Production
Date: 2024
Production (role):
ONE DAY
Company:
Drama Republic / Netflix
Project details:
Directed Episodes 7, 8 & 9
Date: 2023
Production (role):
A VERY BRASSIC CHRISTMAS
Company:
Calamity Films / Sky Max
Project details:
Director
Date: 2021
Production (role):
BRASSIC S04
Company:
Calamity Films/ Sky
Project details:
Dir. Eps 1-4

Created by Daniel Brocklehurst

Winner of inaugural 'Comedy Drama Award' at RTS Awards 2023
Date: 2019
Production (role):
THE A WORD
Company:
Fifty Fathoms / BBC1
Date: 2019
Production (role):
WILD BILL
Company:
42 / ITV1
Project details:
Starring Rob Lowe
Date: 2018
Production (role):
COLD FEET - Series 8
Company:
Big Talk / ITV 1
Project details:
3 x 1 hour episodes
Written by Mike Bullen
Produced by Katherine O’Connor, Margaret Conway, Kenton Allen, Matthew Justice
Date: 2018
Production (role):
SKY URBAN MYTHS: LIVE AID
Company:
Little Rock / Sky
Project details:
1 x 30 min film
Written by Neil Forsythe
Produced by Amanda Spencer, Zoe Rocha, Charlie Laurie
Date: 2017
Production (role):
DELICIOUS - Series 2
Company:
Bandit TV / Sky1
Project details:
2 x 1 hour episodes
Written by Dan Sefton
Produced by Phillipa Giles & Morenike Williams
Gold World Medal Award: New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards
Date: 2017
Production (role):
ANNA MANN'S VALENTINE
Company:
The Comedy Unit / Sky
Project details:
1 x 15 min film
Produced by Gavin Smith
Written by and Starring Colin Hoult
Date: 2017
Production (role):
DELICIOUS - Series 1
Company:
Bandit TV / Sky1
Project details:
2 x 1 hour episodes
Written by Dan Sefton
Produced by Phillipa Giles & Morenike Williams
Date: 2016
Production (role):
THE INCREASINGLY POOR DECISIONS OF TODD MARGARET
Company:
Merman Films / IFC
Project details:
6 x 30 min episodes
Created by and starring David Cross
Date: 2015
Production (role):
SUSPECTS
Company:
Freemantle Media / Newman Street TV / Channel 5
Project details:
5 x 1 hour episodes
***** “ An almost real-time, nail biting urgency” The Guardian
***** “ Absorbing and smart TV “ The Telegraph
Date: 2014
Production (role):
HOLBY CITY
Company:
BBC
Project details:
4 x 1 hour episodes
Produced by Jane Wallbank
Date: 2007
Production (role):
NEARLY FAMOUS
Company:
More4 / Kudos / Channel 4
Project details:
2 x 1 hour episodes
Produced by Emma Kingsman Lloyd
Date: 2006
Production (role):
THE TRIAL
Company:
Channel 4 / IWC
Project details:
1 x 30 min film
“Chilling and visceral, Hardwick’s direction is bleak and beautiful” Time Out
“Utterly compelling, taut and disturbing, with an audacious twist” Sunday Mirror
FEATURE FILM
Date: 2015
Production (role):
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Company:
Rotisserie Films / Amazon Prime
Project details:
A feature documentary that follows a month in the life of a ten dollar bill as it criss-crosses the United States

Best Documentary: Louisville International Film
Audience Award: FSFX, Mississippi Film Festival
Date: 2013
Production (role):
SVENGALI
Company:
Root Films / Universal Pictures
Project details:
A comedy drama set in the London music business
Released in cinemas March 2014

“A gem of a film” Shane Meadows

“One of the coolest and funniest British films in ages ” Irvine Welsh
Date: 2005
Production (role):
33X AROUND THE SUN
Company:
Panopticon Films
Project details:
“A daring and thoughtful debut” The Independent
“A low budget picture made with style and confidence” The Observer
SHORT FILM
Date: 2018
Production (role):
KNIGHTS OF THE REALM
Company:
Chatsworth Films
Project details:
Best Dramedy: LA Shorts Awards
Best Comedy Short: Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
Date: 2002
Production (role):
MULE
Company:
Channel 4
Project details:
Best Short Film, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia

Best Short Film, East End Film Festival, London
Date: 2001
Production (role):
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
Company:
BFI / Film4
Project details:
Best Director, Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Argentina

Audience Prize, Best Short, Cambridge Film Festival, UK

Bronze Award, Emden International Film Festival, Germany
MUSIC VIDEO
Date: 1999-2015
Project details:
ARCTIC MONKEYS
BLUR
NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS
JAKE BUGG
TRAVIS
MANIC STREET PREACHERS
NEW ORDER
THEATRE
Date: 2011
Production (role):
HANNAH RINGHAM’S FREE SHOW
Company:
British Council / Edinburgh Festival
Project details:
**** The Guardian
Date: 2010
Production (role):
1977
Company:
Volcano Theatre Company
Project details:
“A stirring examination of hefty issues that leaves you reeling from its dark denouement” The Guardian
Date: 2008
Production (role):
I-WITNESS
Company:
Volcano Theatre Company
Project details:
“This challenging, charismatic and suitably unclassifiable production is hilarious” The Guardian
Date: 2007
Production (role):
AN AUDIENCE WITH ADRIENNE
Company:
British Council/Edinburgh Festival
Project details:
“A show of endless revelations - an act of extraordinary generosity” The Guardian
Date: 2006
Production (role):
GANTENBEIN
Company:
Hebbel Am Ufer Theatre, Berlin
Project details:
World premiere of stage adaptation of Max Frisch’s novel

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date:
    Production (role): THE BUCCANEERS S2
    Company: The Forge Entertainment / Apple TV+
    Project details: In Production
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): ONE DAY
    Company: Drama Republic / Netflix
    Project details: Directed Episodes 7, 8 & 9
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): A VERY BRASSIC CHRISTMAS
    Company: Calamity Films / Sky Max
    Project details: Director
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): BRASSIC S04
    Company: Calamity Films/ Sky
    Project details: Dir. Eps 1-4

    Created by Daniel Brocklehurst

    Winner of inaugural 'Comedy Drama Award' at RTS Awards 2023
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): THE A WORD
    Company: Fifty Fathoms / BBC1
    Project details:
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): WILD BILL
    Company: 42 / ITV1
    Project details: Starring Rob Lowe
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): COLD FEET - Series 8
    Company: Big Talk / ITV 1
    Project details: 3 x 1 hour episodes
    Written by Mike Bullen
    Produced by Katherine O’Connor, Margaret Conway, Kenton Allen, Matthew Justice
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): SKY URBAN MYTHS: LIVE AID
    Company: Little Rock / Sky
    Project details: 1 x 30 min film
    Written by Neil Forsythe
    Produced by Amanda Spencer, Zoe Rocha, Charlie Laurie
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): DELICIOUS - Series 2
    Company: Bandit TV / Sky1
    Project details: 2 x 1 hour episodes
    Written by Dan Sefton
    Produced by Phillipa Giles & Morenike Williams
    Gold World Medal Award: New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): ANNA MANN'S VALENTINE
    Company: The Comedy Unit / Sky
    Project details: 1 x 15 min film
    Produced by Gavin Smith
    Written by and Starring Colin Hoult
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): DELICIOUS - Series 1
    Company: Bandit TV / Sky1
    Project details: 2 x 1 hour episodes
    Written by Dan Sefton
    Produced by Phillipa Giles & Morenike Williams
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): THE INCREASINGLY POOR DECISIONS OF TODD MARGARET
    Company: Merman Films / IFC
    Project details: 6 x 30 min episodes
    Created by and starring David Cross
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): SUSPECTS
    Company: Freemantle Media / Newman Street TV / Channel 5
    Project details: 5 x 1 hour episodes
    ***** “ An almost real-time, nail biting urgency” The Guardian
    ***** “ Absorbing and smart TV “ The Telegraph
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): HOLBY CITY
    Company: BBC
    Project details: 4 x 1 hour episodes
    Produced by Jane Wallbank
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): NEARLY FAMOUS
    Company: More4 / Kudos / Channel 4
    Project details: 2 x 1 hour episodes
    Produced by Emma Kingsman Lloyd
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): THE TRIAL
    Company: Channel 4 / IWC
    Project details: 1 x 30 min film
    “Chilling and visceral, Hardwick’s direction is bleak and beautiful” Time Out
    “Utterly compelling, taut and disturbing, with an audacious twist” Sunday Mirror
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): FOLLOW THE MONEY
    Company: Rotisserie Films / Amazon Prime
    Project details: A feature documentary that follows a month in the life of a ten dollar bill as it criss-crosses the United States

    Best Documentary: Louisville International Film
    Audience Award: FSFX, Mississippi Film Festival
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): SVENGALI
    Company: Root Films / Universal Pictures
    Project details: A comedy drama set in the London music business
    Released in cinemas March 2014

    “A gem of a film” Shane Meadows

    “One of the coolest and funniest British films in ages ” Irvine Welsh
  • Date: 2005
    Production (role): 33X AROUND THE SUN
    Company: Panopticon Films
    Project details: “A daring and thoughtful debut” The Independent
    “A low budget picture made with style and confidence” The Observer
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): KNIGHTS OF THE REALM
    Company: Chatsworth Films
    Project details: Best Dramedy: LA Shorts Awards
    Best Comedy Short: Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
  • Date: 2002
    Production (role): MULE
    Company: Channel 4
    Project details: Best Short Film, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia

    Best Short Film, East End Film Festival, London
  • Date: 2001
    Production (role): TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
    Company: BFI / Film4
    Project details: Best Director, Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Argentina

    Audience Prize, Best Short, Cambridge Film Festival, UK

    Bronze Award, Emden International Film Festival, Germany
  • Date
    Project details
  • Date: 1999-2015
    Project details: ARCTIC MONKEYS
    BLUR
    NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS
    JAKE BUGG
    TRAVIS
    MANIC STREET PREACHERS
    NEW ORDER
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): HANNAH RINGHAM’S FREE SHOW
    Company: British Council / Edinburgh Festival
    Project details: **** The Guardian
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): 1977
    Company: Volcano Theatre Company
    Project details: “A stirring examination of hefty issues that leaves you reeling from its dark denouement” The Guardian
  • Date: 2008
    Production (role): I-WITNESS
    Company: Volcano Theatre Company
    Project details: “This challenging, charismatic and suitably unclassifiable production is hilarious” The Guardian
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): AN AUDIENCE WITH ADRIENNE
    Company: British Council/Edinburgh Festival
    Project details: “A show of endless revelations - an act of extraordinary generosity” The Guardian
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): GANTENBEIN
    Company: Hebbel Am Ufer Theatre, Berlin
    Project details: World premiere of stage adaptation of Max Frisch’s novel
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