List of prolific directors

The following is a list of the top 100 most prolific Emmerdale directors from 1972, as of 17th January 2025. There is another category that includes directing the spin-offs.
# 	Name 	No. of Episodes	First episode	Latest episode	Spin-offs
1 	Alan Wareing 	415 	1993 	2024 	
2 	Pip Short 	380 	2000 	2024 	
3 	Tim O'Mara 	371 	2000 	2024 	The Dingles: For Richer, For Poorer (2010)
4 	Tim Dowd 	325 	1989 	2017 	The Dingles Down Under (1997)The Dingles in Venice (1999)
5 	Henry Foster 	285 	1988 	2014 	
6 	Neil Alderton 	278 	2005 	2023 	
7 	Duncan Foster 	268 	2001 	2024 	
8 	Oliver Horsbrugh 	239 	1991 	2006 	
9 	Judith Dine 	225 	2000 	2019 	
10	John Anderson 	223 	1998 	2024 	
11	Peter Rose 	215 	2010 	2025 	
12	Tracey Rooney 	200 	2003 	2021 	
13	Michael Lacey 	193 	2008 	2024 	Paddy and Marlon's Big Night In (2010)
14	Piotr Szkopiak 	187 	2003 	2014 	
15	Tony Prescott 	186 	2002 	2017 	
16	Diana Patrick 	171 	1998 	2024 	
17	Brett Fallis 	168 	2012 	2024 	
18	Mickey Jones 	166 	2005 	2023 	Text Santa and Emmerdale: Killed-off for Christmas (2013)
19	Haldane Duncan 	164 	1999 	2008 	
19	Ian Bevitt 	164 	1999 	2024 	
21	Jeff Naylor 	155 	1994 	2024 	
22	Lee Salisbury 	152 	2006 	2015 	
23	Adrian Bean 	130 	1997 	2024 	
24	David Kester 	127 	2000 	2023 	
25	Mervyn Cumming 	124 	1980 	1993 	
26	Nickie Lister 	104 	2005 	2022 	30 Years of Emmerdale (2002)
Emmerdale Family Album - The Dingles (2005)
27	Paul Copeland 	99 	2015 	2024 	
28	Mike Adams 	98 	2000 	2011 	
29	John Darnell 	94 	1988 	2002 	
30	Darrol Blake 	92 	1977 	1995 	
31	Graham Wetherell 	90 	1993 	2000 	
32	Sean Healy 	87 	2014 	2024 	
33	Richard Handford 	86 	1979 	1987 	
34	Ian Barber 	79 	2014 	2021 	
34	Mark McKillop 	79 	2004 	2009 	Emmerdale: Backstage Pass (1999)
36	John Michael Phillips	77 	1981 	2000 	
36	Simon Ferguson 	77 	2015 	2024 	
36	Tim Finn 	77 	2015 	2024 	
39	Clive Arnold 	75 	2008 	2024 	
39	Paddy Russell 	75 	1976 	1980 	A Decade Down on the Farm (1982)
41	Matt Hilton 	73 	2016 	2024 	
42	Vicky Thomas 	67 	2015 	2024 	
43	Philip Wood 	66 	1999 	2005 	
43	David Beauchamp 	66 	2018 	2024 	
45	Len Lurcuck 	62 	1977 	1982 	
45	Michael Snow 	62 	1973 	1975 	
47	David Green 	60 	1973 	1975 	
48	Garth Tucker 	59 	1989 	2000 	
49	Chris Johnston 	57 	1991 	2010 	
49	William Slater 	57 	1984 	1988 	
51	Ian White 	52 	1992 	2012 	
51	Sarah Kendell 	52 	2015 	2023 	
53	Mike Gibbon 	50 	1979 	1984 	
54	Dominic Leclerc 	49 	2006 	2014 	
55	Brian Morgan 	47 	2002 	2007 	
56	Paul Wroblewski 	46 	1995 	1998 	
57	David G. Reynolds 	44 	1974 	1978 	
58	George C Siougas 	43 	2018 	2023 	
58	Gary Williams 	43 	2019 	2025 	
60	Bob Hird 	42 	1986 	1989 	
60	Reece Dinsdale 	42 	2020 	2025 	
62	Daniel Wilson 	41 	2002 	2004 	
63	Suri Krishnamma 	40 	2018 	2024 	
64	Frank W. Smith 	38 	1980 	1983 	
65	Tim Royle 	37 	2019 	2025 	
66	Roger Cheveley 	36 	1975 	1977 	
67	Paul Walker 	35 	1997 	1999 	
67	Will Brenton 	35 	1997 	2023 	
69	Chris Lovett 	33 	1984 	1988 	
69	Colin Cant 	33 	1994 	2001 	
69	Stephen Butcher 	33 	1983 	1998 	
69	Tom Poole 	33 	2006 	2009 	
73	David Moor 	32 	2015 	2017 	
73	Ric Mellis 	32 	1991 	1993 	
73	Romey Allison 	32 	1990 	1992 	
76	Vivienne Cozens 	31 	1985 	1997 	
77	Fiona Cumming 	30 	1984 	1987 	
77	Graham Moore 	30 	2006 	2008 	
79	Jason Beresford 	29 	2006 	2008 	
80	Anne Ross Muir 	28 	2000 	2002 	
80	Becky Wild 	28 	2020 	2024 	
80	Robert D. Cardona 	28 	1973 	1975 	
80	Steve Goldie 	28 	1990 	2000 	
84	Alister Hallum 	26 	1987 	1994 	
84	Terence Daw 	26 	1988 	2000 	Emmerdale: Revenge (1998)
86	Abe Juckes 	25 	2017 	2023 	
86	Bill Cole 	25 	1973 	1974 	
86	Durno Johnston 	25 	2016 	2022 	
86	Noreen Kershaw 	25 	1998 	1999 	
90	Alistair Clark 	24 	1984 	1994 	
90	Paul Annett 	24 	1995 	1996 	
90	Richard Holthouse 	24 	1982 	1988 	
90	Terry Iland 	24 	1990 	1992 	
90	Tom Kingdon 	24 	1988 	1993 	
95	David Crozier 	23 	1985 	1987 	
96	Leon Lopez 	22 	2020 	2025 	
97	Miguel Guerreiro 	21 	2021 	2024 	
98	Alex Browning 	20 	2022 	2024 	
98	Derek Bennett 	20 	1990 	1992 	
98	Dominic MacDonald 	20 	2006 	2008 	
98	Matthew Robinson 	20 	1977 	1978 	
98	Michael E. Briant 	20 	1979 	1990 	
==Spin-offs==
This section is for directors who did not make the top 100 and/or only contributed to spin-offs.
Name 	No. of spin-offs/episodes	Spin-off(s)
Emma Burman 	6 	Emmerdale 1918 (2018)
Tony Grech-Smith 	5 	The Big Quiz: Coronation Street vs Emmerdale (2011-2018)
Vernon Antcliff 	3 	The Bad Boy Bows Out (2003)
Tricia's Farewell (2004)Farewell Charity (2005)
Burt Burdin 	2 	A Tribute to Emmerdale Farm (1977)Images of Yorkshire: Emmerdale (1993)
Abigail Dankwa 	2 	The Big Quiz: Coronation Street vs Emmerdale (2021-2022)
Lynsey Evans 	2 	Emmerdale - 50 Unforgettable Years (2022)
Emmerdale: Soapy Slip Ups (2022)
Louise Ireland 	2 	Emmerdale Family Trees (2020)
Ryan Minchin 	2 	Emmerdale's Greatest Love Triangles (2005)
Emmerdale Family Album - The Tates (2005)
Kylie Raynor 	2 	Emmerdale Family Trees (2020)
Richard Valentine 	2 	The Big Quiz: Coronation Street vs Emmerdale (2019-2020)
Ron Abercrombie 	1 	Emmerdale Farm Celebrates (1985)
Ali Alderson 	1 	Emmerdale: The Wedding Special (2007)
Kerry Allison 	1 	Emmerdale Family Album - The Hopes (2007)
Amy Beck 	1 	Emmerdale: Soapy Slip Ups (2020)
Martin Harper 	1 	Emmerdale - 50 Unforgettable Years (2022)
Patrick Ireland 	1 	Emmerdale - 50 Unforgettable Years (2022)
Curtis Leighton Jones 	1 	Emmerdale Family Album - The Sugdens (2005)
Emily Louth 	1 	Emmerdale Family Album - The Dingles: Part 2 (2007)
Yvette Lyons 	1 	Emmerdale Uncut (2008)
Maria Malone 	1 	21 Years of Emmerdale (1993)Emmerdale: 21 Years (1993)
Richard Mortimer 	1 	Emmerdale 5000 (2008)
Darrell Olsen 	1 	Emmerdale Live - The Fallout (2012)
Ninushka Oller Stracey	1 	Emmerdale Christmas Crackers (2004)
== See also ==
* List of prolific writers
* Top 100 appearances
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Category:Emmerdale crew
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