Richard Clark

Writer / Director

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Biography

Richard Clark is a director, writer and executive producer whose work spans some of the most distinctive British drama of the past two decades.

He recently completed Charles Dickens’ A TALE OF TWO CITIES, a Federation Studios production for MGM+ / Amazon / BBC starring Kit Harrington, François Civil and Mirren Mack, directing all four episodes of the adaptation, due to broadcast later in 2026.

Prior to this, Richard directed all six episodes of THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH for Cuba Films / Paramount+ starring Harry Treadaway, and was subsequently commissioned to write and exec produce the second series. He directed eight episodes of WAR OF THE WORLDS for Urban Myth / Disney+ starring Gabriel Byrne, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Elizabeth McGovern – an Anglo-French co-production for Fox Networks Group and Canal Plus that ran for three seasons. Further international credits include the hit show OUTLANDER for Starz, starring Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan, and VERSAILLES for Canal Plus.

In 2018, Richard directed all four episodes of the limited series INNOCENT, ITV’s most watched new drama of that year, whilst MIDWINTER OF THE SPIRIT, a three-part ITV horror/thriller starring Anna Maxwell Martin and David Threlfall was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Television Production. His DR WHO episode, The Doctor’s Wife,  was awarded the Hugo Award, the Bradbury Award and the Rondo Statuette, whilst other early credits include LIFE ON MARS, MUSKETEERS, WHITECHAPEL and WHISTLEBLOWERS. Richard began his career in documentary before moving into drama on the strength of his short film, HUNGRY, which won numerous awards at international festivals.

As a writer, Richard co-created the hit ITV drama THE BAY, now in its sixth series. He is currently developing a geopolitical thriller, BEYOND REACH, for Sepia Films, a police thriller, THE BOATHOUSE, and a feature, WASTE, for Rubicon Pictures.

INNOCENT

The Guardian –  ★★★★★
Daily Express –  ★★★★★
Daily Mail – ★★★★
The Times – ★★★★
TV Times – ★★★★★

‘…performances rock solid throughout… drip-feeding the tension and spreading the
suspicion, packing a punch when it needs to.’ The Times

‘…submerged secrets, meltdown-level performances and a propulsive pace.’ The Guardian

‘…compellingly acted… emotionally intense.’ The Telegraph

MIDWINTER OF THE SPIRIT

The Guardian – ★★★★
The Times – ★★★★
The Telegraph – ★★★★
Daily Express – ★★★★

“ITV’s Midwinter of the Spirit has been excellent, a right lark that has still, at times, been genuinely
disturbing” – Benji Wilson, Daily Telegraph

‘Credit should go to the director Richard Clark for creating, and then maintaining, an atmosphere of
festering unease.’ – Sunday Telegraph

’…likely to scare you stiff…. Eerily convincing.’ – Observer

‘… a lot of fun, just the thing to both cheer and chill as the nights close in.’ – The Guardian

‘The tone strikes a perfect balance: serious, but never too earnest or self-conscious, with the horror-movie
stuff proving properly scary, while still neatly combined with the familiar and domestic… an ambitious, and
so far distinctly satisfying attempt to create what might called Middle-England Gothic.’ – The Spectator

Credits

TV

Production Company Notes
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
2025 – 2026 		Federation Pictures / MGM+ / Amazon / BBC

Director of all four episodes.

Writer: Daniel West.

Exec: Polly Williams.

Producer: Simon Meyers.

Starring: Kit Harrington,
François Civil, Mirren Mack.
THE CALLING OF THE GRAVE
2023 – 2024 		Cuba Pictures / Paramount +

Writer.

An adaptation of a novel by Simon Beckett.
THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH
2022 – 2023 		Cuba Pictures / Paramount +

Director of all six episodes.

Writer: Sukey Fisher.

Exec: Dixie Linder.

Producer: Matt Carver.

Starring: Harry Treadaway, Neve
McIntosh, Nick Blood, Katie Leung,
David Hayman, Stuart Campbell.
WAR OF THE WORLDS 1 + 2
2019 – 2021 		Urban Myth / Canal Plus / Fox Networks Group

Director. 4 episodes.

Lead Director on S2. 4 episodes.

Writer: Howard Overman.

Exec: Julian Murphy.

Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Daisy
Edgar-Jones, Elizabeth McGovern,
Léa Drucker, Stephen Campbell
Moore, Aimee-Ffion Edwards.

*Nominated BAFTA TV craft –
Special Visual & Graphic Effects.

*Winner BAFTA Cymru – Hair &
Make-Up.

*Nominated BAFTA Cymru – Best
Photography & Lighting
*Winner RTS Craft Award for
Visual Effects.
VERSAILLES 3
2018 		Capa Drama

Lead Director. 4 episodes.

Writers: Tim Loane/Andrew Bampfield.

Exec: Claude Chelli.

Producer: Aude Albano.
INNOCENT
2017 		TXTV / ITV

Director of all four episodes.

Writers: Chris Lang/Matthew Arlidge.

Producer: Jeremy Gwilt.

Starring: Lee Ingleby, Adrian
Rawlins, Hermione Norris.
MIDWINTER OF THE SPIRIT
2017 		ITV Studios

Director of all three episodes.

Writers: Stephen Volk.

Producer: Phil Collinson.

Starring: Anna Maxwell Martin,
David Threlfall, Siobhan Finneran.

*Nominated British Fantasy Award –
Best Television.
OUTLANDER 1
2015 		Tall Ships Productions / Starz / Left Bank Pictures

Director. 2 episodes.

Writers: Ronald D Moore / Ira Steven Behr.

Exec: Maria Davis/Andy Harris.

Producer: David Brown/Matthew B
Roberts.

Starring: Caitríona Balfe, Sam
Heughan, Tobias Menzies, Graham
McTavish.

*Nominated Saturn Award Best
Actor: Tobias Menzies.

*Nominated Saturn Award Best
Supporting Actor: Sam Heughan.

*Winner Saturn Award Best
Actress: Caitríona Balfe.

*Winner Gold Derby Award Lead
Actor: Sam Heughan.

*TV Guide Awards Favourite
Drama Series.
THE CRIMSON FIELD
2014 		BBC

Director. 2 episodes.

Writer: Sarah Phelps.

Exec: Anne Pivcevic.

Producer: Ann Tricklebank.

Starring: Oona Chaplin, Suranne
Jones, Richard Rankin, Hermione
Norris, Rupert Graves.
THE MUSKETEERS 1
2014 		BBC

Lead Director. 4 episodes.

Writers: Adrian Hodges.

Exec: Jessica Pope.

Producer: Colin Wratten.

Starring: Tom Burke, Santiago
Cabrera, Luca Pasqualino, Peter
Capaldi.
SILENT WITNESS
2013 		BBC

Director: 2 episodes.

Producer: Sharon Bloom.

Starring: Emilia Fox.
WHITECHAPEL 3
2012 		Carnival Film & TV / ITV

Director. 2 episodes.

Writers: Ben Court/Caroline Ip.

Exec: Sally Woodward Gentle.

Producer: David Boulter.

Starring: Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil
Davis, Steve Pemberton.
DOCTOR WHO 3 + 6
2007 – 2011 		BBC Studios

Director. 4 episodes.

Writers: Russell T Davies, Steven
Moffat, Mark Gatiss.

Exec: Julie Gardner, Piers Wenger.

Producer: Phil Collinson, Sanne
Wohlenberg.

Starring: David Tennant, Matt
Smith, Karen Gillan.

*Winner Hugo Award: Best
Dramatic Presentation.

*Winner Bradbury Award, Science
Fiction and Fantasy Writers of
America.

*Winner Rondo Statuette, Rondo
Hatton Classic Horror Awards.
THE WHISTLEBLOWERS
2007 		Carnival Film & TV / ITV

Director. 2 episodes.

Writer: Tony Marchant.

Exec: Gareth Neame.

Producer: Sanne Wohlenberg.

Starring: Indira Varma, Richard
Coyle.
LIFE ON MARS 2
2007 		Kudos Film & TV / BBC

Director. 2 episodes.

Writer: Julie Rutterford, Ashley
Pharoah.

Exec: Julie Gardner.

Producer: Cameron Roach.

Starring: John Simm, Philip
Glenister, Liz White.

Film

Production Company Notes
GUNRUSH
2009 		ITV Studios

Director. Single film.

Writer: Richard Cotton.

Exec: Kate Bartlett.

Producer: Emma Benson.

Starring: Tim Spall, David
Harwood, Jacob Anderson, Aml
Ameen, Paul Kaye.

Short Film

Production Company Notes
HUNGRY Channel 4

Director.

Writer: Jeff Pope.

*Winner Silver Spire – San
Francisco International Film
Festival.

*Winner of Press Award –
Clermont-Ferrand International
Short Film Festival.

*Winner Special Recognition –
Aspen Shortfest.

*Winner Young Jury Award – Brest
European Short Film Festival.

Development

Production Company Notes
BEYOND REACH Sepia Films

6 x 60 TV series.
THE BOATHOUSE Cuba Pictures / Vice Studios

6 x 60 TV series.
WASTE Rubicon Films

Feature film.
HUNTER Cuba Pictures / Nadcon

6 x 60 TV series.
X-POSURE Nadcon

6 x 60 TV series.

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