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Samuel Donovan(I)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Samuel Donovan is known for Severance (2022), Four Lions (2010) and The Widow (2019).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 nominations total

    Known for

    Adam Scott in Severance (2022)
    Severance
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    Four Lions (2010)
    Four Lions
    7.3
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2010
    Kate Beckinsale in The Widow (2019)
    The Widow
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director(as Sam Donovan)
    Utopia (2013)
    Utopia
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director(as Sam Donovan)

    Credits

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    Director

    • Shy & Lola
      • directed by
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Kevin Carroll, Dale Dickey, Matthew Rhys, Stephen Root, and Kate O'Flynn in Widow's Bay (2026)
      Widow's Bay
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2026
    • Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson in Down Cemetery Road (2025)
      Down Cemetery Road
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2025
    • Adam Scott in Severance (2022)
      Severance
      8.6
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • Director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2025
    • Alfred Molina, Rossif Sutherland, and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers in Three Pines (2022)
      Three Pines
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2022
    • Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown (2016)
      The Crown
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2019
    • Kate Beckinsale in The Widow (2019)
      The Widow
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2019
    • Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd in Liar (2017)
      Liar
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Jason Flemyng in Jamestown (2017)
      Jamestown
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • The Living and the Dead (2016)
      The Living and the Dead
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Tom Goodman-Hill, Katherine Parkinson, Gemma Chan, and Pixie Davies in Humans (2015)
      Humans
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2015
    • Utopia (2013)
      Utopia
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2014
    • Jamie Bamber, Rhashan Stone, and Jodie Whittaker in The Smoke (2014)
      The Smoke
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2014
    • Starlings (2012)
      Starlings
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Derek Jacobi, Sarah Lancashire, Anne Reid, and Nicola Walker in Last Tango in Halifax (2012)
      Last Tango in Halifax
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2012
    • Nicholas Hoult, Jack O'Connell, Dakota Blue Richards, Dev Patel, Kaya Scodelario, and Kathryn Prescott in Skins (2007)
      Skins
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2012

    Producer

    • Shy & Lola
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Adam Scott in Severance (2022)
      Severance
      8.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2025
    • Alfred Molina, Rossif Sutherland, and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers in Three Pines (2022)
      Three Pines
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2022
    • Kate Beckinsale in The Widow (2019)
      The Widow
      6.9
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2019

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • A Girl in Your Hair
      Short
      • first assistant director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2012
    • Shaun Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Claire Foy in Wreckers (2011)
      Wreckers
      5.8
      • first assistant director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2011
    • Island (2011)
      Island
      5.5
      • assistant director: second unit
      • second assistant director: additional photography (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2011
    • Tuppence Middleton in In the Meadow (2010)
      In the Meadow
      6.1
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2010
    • Four Lions (2010)
      Four Lions
      7.3
      • second assistant director: additional photography
      • 2010
    • Tenner
      7.1
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2008
    • Mother, Mine (2008)
      Mother, Mine
      7.1
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2008
    • Exhibit A (2007)
      Exhibit A
      6.1
      • second assistant director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2007
    • Such Great Joy (2005)
      Private Life
      7.6
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2006
    • The Applicant
      7.5
      Short
      • first assistant director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2006
    • Show and Spell
      TV Short
      • first assistant director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2006
    • The Camping Trip
      TV Short
      • second assistant director
      • 2005
    • Lap (2005)
      Lap
      8.1
      Short
      • third assistant director (as Sam Donovan)
      • 2005

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Sam Donovan

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