Euros Lyn

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
Euros Lyn at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	1971 (age 51–52) Cardiff, Wales
Occupation(s)	Film and television director
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Craig Hughes ​ (m. 2015)​

Early life

Lyn 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

 

Euros Lyn (at right) with actor David Tennant at 2009 San Diego Comic-Con

Lyn 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 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 The Library Suicides (titled Y Llyfrgell or The Library in Welsh) based on Fflur Dafydd’s book Y Llyfrgell. The film starred Ryland Teifi, Catrin Stewart, Dyfan Dwyfor and Sharon Haf Morgan.^[4]

Personal life

Lyn now lives in Llangennith, Gower. He is a Welsh speaker. In 2015, Lyn married Craig Hughes.^[5][6]

Credits

Year	Title	Notes	Broadcaster
1997	Pam fi Duw?	Series 1	S4C
2000	Diwrnod Hollol Mindblowing Heddiw (cy)	TV movie	S4C
2000	Belonging	Series 1, Episodes 1, 2, 3, 5	BBC One Wales
2002	A Mind to Kill	"The Little House in the Forest"	Channel 5/S4C
2002–2003	Casualty	4 Episodes	BBC One
2004	Cutting It	Series 3, Episode 4	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	1 Episode	BBC One
	Phoo Action	Pilot	BBC Three
2009	Torchwood	Children of Earth 5 parts	BBC One
2010	Sherlock	1 Episode	BBC One
	Upstairs, Downstairs	2 Episodes	BBC One
2011	Black Mirror	1 Episode	Channel 4
2012–2013	Last Tango in Halifax	Series 1, Episodes 1, 2, 3 Series 2, Episodes 1, 2, 3	BBC One
2013	Broadchurch	Series 1, Episodes 3, 4, 5	ITV
2014	Happy Valley	Series 1	BBC One
	Gracepoint	Series 1, Episodes 9, 10	Fox
2015	Cucumber	Episodes 7, 8	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	1 Episode	BBC One
2020	Dream Horse	Film
2022	Heartstopper	Series	Netflix

References

1. "Torchwood Series 3 Confirmed". BBC. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
2. Share 1 (16 September 2015). "Euros Lyn to be honoured with Sian Phillips Award". BAFTA. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
3. "BBC One: Capital". BBC. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
4. Eryl Crump (17 September 2015). "Broadchurch director Euros Lyn makes debut feature film... in a library". WalesOnline.
5. "JustGiving.com". Justgiving.com. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
6. "BAFTA Cymru 2015 full ceremony part 3". 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2017 – via YouTube.

External links

 

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• Official website
• Euros Lyn at the British Film Institute
• Euros Lyn at IMDb