James Strong (director)
James Strong is a British television and film director and writer, best known for his work on "Broadchurch" for which he was BAFTA-nominated for Best Director Fiction 2015. He trained at Granada TV and has directed episodes of the shows "Holby City" and "Doctors", as well as seven episodes of "Doctor Who" and two episodes of its spin-off series "Torchwood". His work on the "Doctor Who" episode "Voyage of the Damned" won him a BAFTA Cymru award for Best Director in 2008. In 2007, he directed the autobiographical documentary "" and in 2008 he directed three  episodes of "Bonekickers". He then directed "Hunted" and "Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story" and "Silent Witness" in 2010 followed by the feature film "United" and "Downton Abbey" in 2011. He was lead director and associate producer on "Broadchurch", which won six BAFTAs including Best Drama and for which he was nominated for BAFTA Best Director Fiction. Strong followed this with work on Series 2 of "Broadchurch", the US remake "Gracepoint" in 2013 and other US pilots, including "Kingmakers" for ABC in 2015 and "Drew" in 2016. He also directed episodes of the Stephen King adaptation and J. J.  Abrams produced "11.22.63". In 2017 he directed and executive produced "Liar" for ITV and AMC. He recently directed the critically acclaimed mini-series “Vanity Fair “ for ITV and Amazon Studios. He is then set to direct a J.R.R. Tolkien biopic entitled 'Middle Earth'.