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David Farr (b. 1969)

Birthplace:
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Born:
October 29, 1969

Biography from TheMovieDB

David Farr (born 29 October 1969) is a British writer, theatrical director and Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.  Farr was brought up in Surrey and educated in Guildford and the University of Cambridge (English Literature double first). Farr began directing theatre at University and won the Guardian Student Drama Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1991 with Slight Possession starring Rachel Weisz. His professional directorial debut came at The Gate Theatre, Notting Hill in 1995 (age25) under Stephen Daldry. He was also Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic from 2002 to 2005 and Lyric Hammersmith from 2005 to 2009. In 2009 he joined Royal Shakespeare Company as Associate Director. He wrote regularly for Spooks for the BBC and is a film writer having co-written the Joe Wright film Hanna, released in 2011. Farr's adaptation of John le Carré's novel The Night Manager, was aired in 2016 on BBC1.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
1996  Chicken Talk
2016  The Ones Below

Editor:
1991  Pantera: Cowboys From Hell
1996  Chicken Talk
2016  The Ones Below

Screenplay:
1991  Pantera: Cowboys From Hell
1996  Chicken Talk
2011  Hanna
2016  The Ones Below
2017  The Man with the Iron Heart

Writer:
1991  Pantera: Cowboys From Hell
1996  Chicken Talk
2011  Hanna
2016  The Ones Below
2017  The Man with the Iron Heart

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TV Production

Creator:
2016  The Night Manager
2018  Troy: Fall of a City
2019  Hanna
2022  The Midwich Cuckoos

Director:
2016  The Night Manager
2017  Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2018  Troy: Fall of a City
2019  Hanna
2022  The Midwich Cuckoos

Executive Producer:
2016  The Night Manager
2017  Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2018  Troy: Fall of a City
2019  Hanna
2022  The Midwich Cuckoos

Writer:
2002  Spooks
2011  Outcasts
2016  The Night Manager
2017  Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2018  McMafia
2018  Troy: Fall of a City
2019  Hanna
2022  The Midwich Cuckoos

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