Tom Shankland
Tom Shankland | |
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| Born | Thomas Otto Shankland 7 May 1968[1] |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
Thomas Otto Shankland (born 7 May 1968) is an English film and television director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films WΔZ (2007) and The Children (2008), and television series such as The Fades (2011), Ripper Street (2012), and The Missing (2014); for the latter, he was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special.[3] He has also been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film twice, for Bait (1999) and Going Down (2000).
Filmography
Film
- Bubbles (1998; short)
- Bait (1999; short)
- Going Down (2000; short)
- WΔZ (2007)
- The Children (2008)
Television
- Hearts and Bones (2000; episode: "Once There Was a Way to Get Back Home")
- Clocking Off (2001; 3 episodes)
- No Night Is Too Long (2002; television film)
- Family Business (2004; episode "1.01")
- Jericho (2005; episode: "The Hollow Men")
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2006–10; 2 episodes)
- The Fades (2011; 3 episodes)
- Dirk Gently (2012; 3 episodes)
- Ripper Street (2012; 4 episodes)
- The Missing (2014; 8 episodes)
- Wicked City (2015; episode: "Pilot")
- The Leftovers (2015; 1 episode)
- House of Cards (2016; 1 episode)
- Iron Fist (2017; 1 episode)
- The Punisher (2017; 2 episodes)
- The City and the City (2018; miniseries)
- Les Misérables (2018; miniseries)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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| 2000 | BAFTA Awards | Best Short Film (shared with Soledad Gatti-Pascual and Jane Harris) | Bait | Nominated |
| Newport International Film Festival | Best Short | Won | ||
| London Film Festival | TCM Prize | Going Down | 2nd Place | |
| 2001 | BAFTA Awards | Best Short Film (shared with Soledad Gatti-Pascual and Jane Harris) | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Sitges Film Festival | Best Film | WΔZ | Nominated |
| 2009 | Fantasia International Film Festival | Special Mention | The Children | Won |
| Sitges Film Festival | Best Film | Nominated | ||
| Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival | Best of Bucheon | Nominated | ||
| Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival | Narcisse Award for Best Feature a Film | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Screenplay (shared with Paul Andrew Williams) | Nominated | |
| 2013 | BAFTA Awards | Best Drama Series (shared with Richard Warlow, Will Gould and Stephen Smallwood) | Ripper Street | Nominated |
| 2015 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | The Missing | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Ole-Stander-Morville". Genealogy.com.
- ^ Hodgson, Barbara (November 21, 2008). "Tom Shankland to launch The Children". The Journal.
- ^ "Emmy Award Nominations: Full List of 2015 Emmy Nominees". Variety. July 16, 2015.
