Director

Ben Taylor

Directing

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 5All crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 1255294

IMDb ID: nm4829613

Known for: Directing

Born: October 15, 1971

Age: 54

Place of birth: Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2011 - 2025

Years active: 15

Average TMDB rating: 7.26

Wikidata: Q112209328

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Director (7)Executive Producer (2)

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Biography

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.) 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.

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