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James Strong(II)

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  • Producer
  • Writer
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James Strong on the set of VIGIL (BBC & Peacock)
James Strong is an International Emmy and multiple Bafta award winning director/producer best known for his work on Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024) Fire Country (2022) The Suspect (2022) Vigil (2021) Crime (2021) Vanity Fair (2018) 11-22-63 (2016) Doctor Who (2012) Downton Abbey (2013) Broadchurch (2013) and the feature film United (2011). His next feature Words Of War starring Maxine Peake, Jason Isaacs and Ciaran Hinds was released in 2025. He recently directed the pilot episode of Sherrif Country.
BornMay 28
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 4 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Known for

    Monica Dolan, Shaun Dooley, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Toby Jones, Will Mellor, Lesley Nicol, and Amit Shah in Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024)
    Mr Bates vs. The Post Office
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    David Tennant and Olivia Colman in Broadchurch (2013)
    Broadchurch
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Suranne Jones in Vigil (2021)
    Vigil
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Billy Burke, Diane Farr, Jules Latimer, Kevin Alejandro, Max Thieriot, Jordan Calloway, and Stephanie Arcila in Fire Country (2022)
    Fire Country
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • The Girl with a Clock for a Heart
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • Death at the White Hart
      • director
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Heaven 17: The Last Temptation (2026)
      Heaven 17: The Last Temptation
      • director
      • 2026
    • Patrick Dempsey and Michael Imperioli in Memory of a Killer (2026)
      Memory of a Killer
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2026
    • Billy Burke, Diane Farr, Jules Latimer, Kevin Alejandro, Max Thieriot, Jordan Calloway, and Stephanie Arcila in Fire Country (2022)
      Fire Country
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022–2025
    • Morena Baccarin in Sheriff Country (2025)
      Sheriff Country
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Ciarán Hinds, Jason Isaacs, and Maxine Peake in Words of War (2025)
      Words of War
      6.1
      • directed by
      • 2025
    • Monica Dolan, Shaun Dooley, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Toby Jones, Will Mellor, Lesley Nicol, and Amit Shah in Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024)
      Mr Bates vs. The Post Office
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Aidan Turner in The Suspect (2022)
      The Suspect
      6.9
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2022
    • Dougray Scott in Crime (2021)
      Crime
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Suranne Jones in Vigil (2021)
      Vigil
      7.4
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2021
    • Michael O'Neill, J. August Richards, Tom Everett Scott, Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, Emjay Anthony, Michele Weaver, Thalia Tran, and Blue Chapman in Council of Dads (2020)
      Council of Dads
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd in Liar (2017)
      Liar
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017–2020
    • Olivia Cooke in Vanity Fair (2018)
      Vanity Fair
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • The Get
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Elliott Gould, Katherine Heigl, Dulé Hill, Laverne Cox, Dreama Walker, and Kobi Libii in Doubt (2017)
      Doubt
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Drew (2016)
      Drew
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2016

    Producer

    • Heaven 17: The Last Temptation (2026)
      Heaven 17: The Last Temptation
      • executive producer
      • 2026
    • Morena Baccarin in Sheriff Country (2025)
      Sheriff Country
      6.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Monica Dolan, Shaun Dooley, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Toby Jones, Will Mellor, Lesley Nicol, and Amit Shah in Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024)
      Mr Bates vs. The Post Office
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Billy Burke, Diane Farr, Jules Latimer, Kevin Alejandro, Max Thieriot, Jordan Calloway, and Stephanie Arcila in Fire Country (2022)
      Fire Country
      7.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Aidan Turner in The Suspect (2022)
      The Suspect
      6.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Dougray Scott in Crime (2021)
      Crime
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Suranne Jones in Vigil (2021)
      Vigil
      7.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Michael O'Neill, J. August Richards, Tom Everett Scott, Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, Emjay Anthony, Michele Weaver, Thalia Tran, and Blue Chapman in Council of Dads (2020)
      Council of Dads
      6.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd in Liar (2017)
      Liar
      7.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2017–2020
    • Olivia Cooke in Vanity Fair (2018)
      Vanity Fair
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • John Simm and David Threlfall in Code of a Killer (2015)
      Code of a Killer
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • David Tennant and Olivia Colman in Broadchurch (2013)
      Broadchurch
      8.3
      TV Series
      • associate producer
      • 2013–2015
    • Anna Gunn and David Tennant in Gracepoint (2014)
      Gracepoint
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • consulting producer
      • executive producer
      • 2014

    Writer

    • Heaven 17: The Last Temptation (2026)
      Heaven 17: The Last Temptation
      • Writer
      • 2026
    • Of Mary (2011)
      Of Mary
      7.6
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • Monty Python in Aberystwyth
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2009
    • Real Crime (2001)
      Real Crime
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2003
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    • Born
      • May 28

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