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Richard Laxton

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Screenwriter
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Richard Laxton
Richard Laxton started his career with the short film I Bet It Will Rain in 1992. Initially he mainly worked for TV production, and was nominated for British Academy Film Awards for several of his TV episodes. In 2006 he made his first feature film Life and Lyrics. His next feature films were Grow Your Own in 2007, An Englishman in New York in 2009 and Effie Gray in 2012. His last production for TV were the twelve episodes of the series Him & Her in 2011. In 2013 he realized a biographical film entitled Effie Gray.
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 wins & 8 nominations total

    Known for

    Mum (2016)
    Mum
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    John Hurt in An Englishman in New York (2009)
    An Englishman in New York
    7.1
    • Director
    • 2009
    Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani in Him & Her (2010)
    Him & Her
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    Sean Arnold, Philip Martin Brown, Kate Buffery, and George Irving in Wing and a Prayer (1997)
    Wing and a Prayer
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • David Morrissey and Eve Myles in Gone (2026)
      Gone
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2026
    • Sophie Turner in Joan (2024)
      Joan
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Daisy May Cooper in Rain Dogs (2023)
      Rain Dogs
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Safe Space
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Monica Dolan, Eddie Marsan, and Karl Pilkington in The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (2022)
      The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Honour (2020)
      Honour
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Mrs. Wilson (2018)
      Mrs. Wilson
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Elijah Wood and Samuel Barnett in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016)
      Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • The Mist (2017)
      The Mist
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Mum (2016)
      Mum
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Stellan Skarsgård and Nicola Walker in River (2015)
      River
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Dennis Quaid in Fortitude (2015)
      Fortitude
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Emma Thompson and Dakota Fanning in Effie Gray (2014)
      Effie Gray
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani in Him & Her (2010)
      Him & Her
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010–2013
    • Helena Bonham Carter and Dominic West in Burton and Taylor (2013)
      Burton and Taylor
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2013

    Producer

    • David Morrissey and Eve Myles in Gone (2026)
      Gone
      7.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2026
    • Siobhán Cullen and Paapa Essiedu in Babies (2025)
      Babies
      6.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Sophie Turner in Joan (2024)
      Joan
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Marriage (2022)
      Marriage
      6.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Mum (2016)
      Mum
      8.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2016–2018

    Writer

    • I Bet It Will Rain
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1992

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