Biography

With a number of award winning shorts, tv dramas and feature films to his name, Farren is considered one of the most sought after UK Filmmakers working today. He has a number of feature and tv projects in development and is currently in post on The Only Suspect, a 4 part suburban psychological thriller for ITV. Prior to this he directed the MI6 spy drama, Secret Service, for ITVX and before that, the latest season of Sky Atlantic/AMC's Emmy Nominated crime drama, Gangs Of London, The Winter King, adapted from the novel by Bernard Cornwell for MGM+ and ITVX, was Lead Director and Executive Producer on Season 2 of Sky/AMC's hugely popular fantasy drama, A Discovery Of Witches and prior to that was Lead Director and Executive Producer on Netflix Original, young adult love story, The Innocents. Farren directed the psychological thriller, Shut In starring Naomi Watts for Luc Besson's Europacorp and the period Action film, Hammer Of The Gods for Vertigo and EOne. In 2012 he won the BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series for The Fades before going on to direct a number of leading international tv dramas including the season debut of Marvel's Daredevil, Iron Fist and The Defenders, the season 3 finale of the Golden Globe winning Luther, the BBC's remake of the classic science-fiction series, Survivors and the prestigious Doctor Who Christmas Special. Farren is represented by 42 Management in the UK and CAA in the US.
- IMDb mini biography by: Farren Blackburn