James Strong

James Strong is a British television and film director and writer best known for his work on Broadchurch for which he was BAFTAnominated for Best Director Fiction 2015 He trained at Granada TV and has directed episodes of the shows Holby City and Doctors as well as seven episodes of Doctor Who and two episodes of its spinoff series Torchwood His work on the Doctor Who episode Voyage of the Damned won him a BAFTA Cymru award for Best Director in 2008 In 2007 he directed the autobiographical documentary Elton John Me Myself I and in 2008 he directed three episodes of Bonekickers He then directed Hunted and Best Possible Taste The Kenny Everett Story and Silent Witness in 2010 followed by the feature film United and Downton Abbey in 2011 He was lead director and associate producer on Broadchurch which won six BAFTAs including Best Drama and for which he was nominated for BAFTA Best Director Fiction Strong followed this with work on Series 2 of Broadchurch the US remake Gracepoint in 2013 and other US pilots including Kingmakers for ABC in 2015 and Drew in 2016 He also directed episodes of the Stephen King adaptation and J J Abrams produced 112263 In 2017 he directed and executive produced Liar for ITV and AMC He recently directed the critically acclaimed miniseries Vanity Fair for ITV and Amazon Studios He is then set to direct a JRR Tolkien biopic entitled Middle Earth