8.5
TV
Directing
Colm McCarthy
- Born
- (age 53)
- Birthplace
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Credits
- 29 titles
Biography
Colm McCarthy is a director best known for his work on Peaky Blinders, Sherlock and Endeavour. He was born in Edinburgh and has lived there as well as in Dublin and London. He is happily married and plays a grand total of eight musical instruments all appallingly badly.
He did not formally train in film making, instead he just watched loads of films, read a bunch of books and then started shooting stuff with friends. They borrowed film stock and filmed short films, music videos and random "cool shots" to go into montage sequences.
Signature work
Known For
8.5
TV
8.5
TV
Sherlock
8.3
TV
Black Mirror
7.6
TV
Doctor Who
6.6
Movie
The Girl with All the Gifts
7.8
TV
The Tudors
7.1
TV
Krypton
6.1
Movie
Bagman
7.8
TV
Young Sherlock
8.1
TV
Endeavour
7.4
TV
Ripper Street
7.7
TV
Hustle
7.3
TV
The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
7.7
TV
Spooks
5.0
Movie
Outcast
5.6
TV
Curfew
6.0
TV
The Deep
5.8
TV
Bergerac
Crew credits 29
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Fightland TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2026 | Young Sherlock TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2025 | Bergerac TV | Director (3 ep) |
| 2024 | Curfew TV | Executive Producer, Creator (6 ep) |
| 2024 | Bagman Film | Director |
| 2022 | The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself TV | Executive Producer, Director (8 ep) |
| 2020 | Lesson 7 Film | Producer |
| 2019 | Curfew TV | Director (3 ep) |
| 2018 | Krypton TV | Director, Co-Executive Producer (1 ep) |
| 2016 | The Girl with All the Gifts Film | Director |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders TV | Director (6 ep) |
| 2013 | Endeavour TV | Director, Producer (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Ripper Street TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2011 | Black Mirror TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2011 | Injustice TV | Director (5 ep) |
| 2010 | Outcast Film | Writer, Director |
| 2010 | The Deep TV | Director (5 ep) |
| 2010 | Sherlock TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2009 | Hunter TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2007 | The Tudors TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2007 | Single-Handed TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2005 | Footballers' Wives: Extra Time TV | Director (4 ep) |
| 2005 | Doctor Who TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Hustle TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2004 | The Big Bow Wow TV | Director (4 ep) |
| 2004 | Baldy McBain Film | Director |
| 2002 | Spooks TV | Director (2 ep) |
| 2001 | Murphy's Law TV | Director (6 ep) |
| 1997 | Dream Team TV | Director (3 ep) |