Joe Ahearne
Writer-Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Joe wrote and directed TV movie Trance and co-wrote the feature directed by Danny Boyle in 2013. His debut feature as writer/director B&B was released in 2017. His 2017 series The Replacement was a critical and ratings hit with an audience of 8 million and won the Scottish BAFTA for Best Series. Joe was the director of five episodes of the first series of Doctor Who in 2005 for which he was BAFTA-nominated,
Joe created, wrote and directed series Ultraviolet for C4 and SyFy. He has written and directed episodes of This Life and drama doc Space Odyssey for BBC and Discovery which Fox adapted into scripted series Defying Gravity for ABC. In 2012 Joe wrote and directed The Secret of Crickley Hall for BBC from the James Herbert bestseller. He has written for Marvel Comics on Iron Man and Fantastic Four.
In Development
Production | Company | Notes |
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SATURN RETURN 2022 | Me + You | An original TV series for Me + You |
Film
Production | Company | Notes |
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B & B 2017 | Hummingbird Films / Creative England | Writer & Director |
TRANCE 2013 | Cloud Eight Films | Co-Writer with John Hodge |
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
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DEADLINE 2022 | Chalkboard/Channel 5 | As director. Starring James D'Arcy |
THE REPLACEMENT 2017 | Left Bank / BBC | As Writer & Director. Starring Vicky McClure, Morven Christie and Dougray Scott. |
DA VINCI'S DEMONS 2013 | Starz/BBC Worldwide | As Writer |
THE SECRET OF CRICKLEY HALL 2012 | BBC | As Writer/Director: 3 x 1 hr |
APPARITIONS 2008 | Lime Pictures/BBC | As Writer x 6 eps |
THIS LIFE + 10 2007 | World/ BBC | As Director |
PERFECT PARENTS 2006 | Granada/ITV | TV Movie Winner: Maximo Diamond Award, Rome Fiction Festival 2007 |
DOCTOR WHO 2005 | BBC Wales for BBC 1 | As Director: 5 x 45 min Winner: Best Drama Series, BAFTA Television Awards, 2006 |
SPACE ODYSSEY 2004 | BBC/Discovery | As Writer/Director: 2 x 1hr |
STRANGE 2003 | BBC | As Director |
DARK REALM 2001 | Warner Bros. | As Director |
TRANCE 2001 | Icon/Sky | TV Movie |
PARENTS' NIGHT 2001 | Tiger Aspect/Channel 4 | As Writer: 1 x 1hr |
ULTRAVIOLET 1998 | World/Channel 4 | As Writer/Director: 6 x 1hr |
THIS LIFE 1997 | BBC/World | As Director: x 3 eps Winner: Writers’ Guild Award 1997 |
Short Films
Production | Company | Notes |
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LATIN FOR A DARK ROOM 1994 | BBC/Tartan Shorts | As Director Best of the Fest Edinburgh Film Festival 1994 |