Euros Lyn (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɛɨ̯.rɔs ˈlɪn]; born 1971) is a Welsh film and television director, best known for his work in Doctor Who, Sherlock, Black Mirror, Daredevil, His Dark Materials and Heartstopper.
Euros Lyn | |
|---|---|
 Lyn at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Cardiff, Wales |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television director |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse |
Craig Hughes (m. 2015) |
Early life
editLyn 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
editLyn 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 (first)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, which was released with English subtitles as The Library Suicides and was based on Fflur Dafydd's book Y Llyfrgell. The film starred Ryland Teifi, Catrin Stewart, Dyfan Dwyfor and Sharon Haf Morgan.[4]
Personal life
editA Welsh speaker, Lyn resides in Llangennith, Gower, with his husband Craig Hughes.[5][6]
Credits
edit| Year | Title | Notes | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Pam fi Duw? | Series 1 | S4C |
| 2000 | Diwrnod Hollol Mindblowing Heddiw (cy) | TV movie | S4C |
| 2000 | Belonging | 4 episodes | BBC One Wales |
| 2002 | A Mind to Kill | Episode: "The Little House in the Forest" | Channel 5/S4C |
| 2002–2003 | Casualty | 4 episodes | BBC One |
| 2004 | Cutting It | 1 episode | 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 | Episode: "Billy Goat" | BBC One |
| Phoo Action | Pilot | BBC Three | |
| 2009 | Torchwood | 5 episodes | BBC One |
| 2010 | Sherlock | Episode: "The Blind Banker" | BBC One |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | 2 episodes | BBC One | |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | Episode: "Fifteen Million Merits" | Channel 4 |
| 2012–2013 | Last Tango in Halifax | 6 episodes | BBC One |
| 2013 | Broadchurch | 3 episodes | ITV1 |
| 2014 | Happy Valley | 3 episodes | BBC One |
| Gracepoint | 2 episodes | Fox | |
| 2015 | Cucumber | 2 episodes | Channel 4 |
| 2015–2016 | Daredevil | 2 episodes | Netflix |
| 2015 | Capital | Series | BBC One |
| 2016 | Y Llyfrgell / The Library Suicides | Film | S4C, Blinc Media |
| 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 | Episode: "The Daemon-Cage" | BBC One |
| 2020 | Dream Horse | Film | |
| 2022–2023 | Heartstopper | 16 episodes | Netflix |
| 2024 | The Radleys | Film |
References
edit- ^ "Torchwood Series 3 Confirmed". BBC. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
- ^ Share 1 (16 September 2015). "Euros Lyn to be honoured with Sian Phillips Award". BAFTA. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "BBC One: Capital". BBC. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ Eryl Crump (17 September 2015). "Broadchurch director Euros Lyn makes debut feature film... in a library". WalesOnline.
- ^ "JustGiving.com". Justgiving.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "BAFTA Cymru 2015 full ceremony part 3". 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2017 – via YouTube.