Euros Lyn

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Euros Lyn
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Euros Lyn at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con
Born1971 (age 49–50)
Cardiff, Wales
OccupationTelevision director, film director
Years active1997–present
Notable work
Doctor Who
Sherlock
Black Mirror
Daredevil
Spouse(s)
Craig Hughes
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(m. 2015)​

Euros Lyn (/ˈeɪrɒs ˈlɪn/; born 1971) is a Welsh film and television director, best known for his work in Doctor Who, Sherlock, Black Mirror and Daredevil.

Early life[]

Lyn was born in Cardiff. His family moved to north Wales and later back south to Swansea. He was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera and studied Drama at the University of Manchester.

Career[]

Euros Lyn (at right) with actor David Tennant at 2009 San Diego Comic-Con

Lyn started his career directing Welsh-language programmes broadcast on S4C, such as Pam Fi Duw?, Iechyd Da and Y Glas.

He directed nine episodes of Doctor Who and won the BAFTA Cymru award for Best Director for "Silence in the Library" and the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for "The Girl in the Fireplace". He also directed David Tennant's last episodes of Doctor Who.

In 2007, he directed the pilot of George Gently, based on the Inspector Gently novels by Alan Hunter, for BBC One. He has also directed four episodes of the long-running BBC medical drama Casualty.

In 2008, he directed Children of Earth, the five-episode Torchwood mini-series (often called series 3 of the show).[1]

Lyn won the BAFTA Cymru for Best Director three times, most recently for the first series of Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, which also won RTS and BAFTA Best Drama awards. He also directed Fifteen Million Merits, an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror for Channel 4, which won an International Emmy for Best Drama Series. In 2013 he directed three episodes of Broadchurch with David Tennant and Olivia Colman, and a further three episodes of the second instalment of BAFTA-winning series Last Tango in Halifax, after directing three episodes of the first series.

The crime series Happy Valley, which Lyn directed, was shown on BBC One in 2014. In 2015 the show won the BAFTA award for Best Drama Series. He also directed episodes of Gracepoint (FOX USA), Cucumber (Channel 4) and Daredevil (Netflix USA).

In 2015 Lyn received the Siân Phillips Award at the BAFTA Cymru ceremony for his contributions to the industry.[2] In the same year, he directed the three-part BBC series Capital based on John Lanchester's novel of the same name.[3]

In 2016 Lyn directed his first feature film, the Welsh-language Y Llyfrgell (The Library Suicides) starring Ryland Teifi, Catrin Stewart, Dyfan Dwyfor and Sharon Haf Morgan.[4]

Personal life[]

Lyn now lives in Llangennith, Gower. He is a Welsh speaker. In 2015 Lyn married his partner, Craig Hughes.[5][6]

Credits[]

Year Title Notes Broadcaster
1997 Pam fi Duw? Series 1 S4C
2000 Diwrnod Hollol Mindblowing Heddiw TV movie S4C
2000 Belonging Series 1, Episodes 1, 2, 3, 5 BBC One Wales
2002 A Mind to Kill "The Little House in the Forest" Channel 5/S4C
2002–2003 Casualty 4 Episodes BBC One
2004 Cutting It Series 3, Episode 4 BBC One
2005–2006;
2008–2010 		Doctor Who 12 Episodes BBC One
2005 All About George 2 Episodes ITV1
2006 Jane Hall 3 Episodes ITV1
2007 George Gently Pilot BBC One
2008 Fairy Tales 1 Episode BBC One
Phoo Action Pilot BBC Three
2009 Torchwood Children of Earth 5 parts BBC One
2010 Sherlock 1 Episode BBC One
Upstairs, Downstairs 2 Episodes BBC One
2011 Black Mirror 1 Episode Channel 4
2012–2013 Last Tango in Halifax Series 1, Episodes 1, 2, 3

Series 2, Episodes 1, 2, 3

BBC One
2013 Broadchurch Series 1, Episodes 3, 4, 5 ITV
2014 Happy Valley Series 1 BBC One
Gracepoint Series 1, Episodes 9, 10 Fox
2015 Cucumber Episodes 7, 8 Channel 4
2015–2016 Daredevil 2 Episodes Netflix
2015 Capital Series BBC One
2016 Y Llyfrgell / The Library Suicides Film S4C
Damilola, Our Loved Boy TV movie BBC One
2017 Let the Right One In Pilot TNT
2018 Kiri Miniseries Channel 4
2019 His Dark Materials 1 Episode BBC One
2020 Dream Horse Film

References[]

  1. ^ "Torchwood Series 3 Confirmed". BBC. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
  2. ^ Share 1 (16 September 2015). "Euros Lyn to be honoured with Sian Phillips Award". BAFTA. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ "BBC One: Capital". BBC. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  4. ^ Eryl Crump (17 September 2015). "Broadchurch director Euros Lyn makes debut feature film... in a library". WalesOnline.
  5. ^ "JustGiving.com". Justgiving.com. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. ^ "BAFTA Cymru 2015 full ceremony part 3". 1 October 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2017 – via YouTube.

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