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Director
Ben Taylor
- Born October 15, 1971 in Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Yorkshire-born cinephile, raised on VHS John Hughes movies. One of the defining voices in contemporary British comedy, known for directing work with personality, warmth and edge, and for getting Hodor a job at KFC. Multi-award winning director of Netflix smash hit ‘Sex Education’ (Gillian Anderson, Asa Butterfield, and lots of equally incredible shows that begin with the letter C - Cuckoo, The Circuit, Cardinal Burns, Cockroaches and Catastrophe (BAFTA nomination for Best Director.)
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Ben most recently directed Disney + adventure series The Ballad of Renegade Nell and Joy, a Netflix feature starring Thomasin McKenzie, James Norton and Bill Nighy which premiered at the London Film Festival.
Known for
Sex Education2019
The Boroughs2026
JOY2024
Catastrophe2015
Renegade Nell2024
Divorce2016
Year of the Rabbit2019
Spy2011
Filmography
- 2026The BoroughsSeriesExecutive Producer, Director
- 2026WARSeriesDirector, Executive Producer
- 2025Dressed to the NinesFilmExecutive Producer
- 2024JOYFilmDirector
- 2024Renegade NellSeriesExecutive Producer, Director
- 2019Sex EducationSeriesDirector, Executive Producer
- 2019Year of the RabbitSeriesDirector, Executive Producer
- 2016DivorceSeriesDirector
- 2016The CircuitFilmDirector
- 2015CatastropheSeriesDirector
- 2011SpySeriesDirector