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Place of Birth

Simon Cellan Jones

Biography:

Simon Cellan-Jones is a Welsh television director and film director, who began his career as a production assistant in the mid-1980s, working on series such as Edge of Darkness. By the late 1980s he had worked his way up to become a director, and he gained credits on some of the most acclaimed British television productions of the 1990s. These included episodes of Cracker (1993) and Our Friends in the North (1996). He was nominated as the Best Newcomer at the British Academy Film Awards for his first feature film Some Voices (2000). Other television credits have included BBC One's Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) and More4's The Trial of Tony Blair (2007).

He is the brother of Rory Cellan-Jones and the son of fellow director James Cellan-Jones.

Known For

Acting

1976

Sea-Change as Schoolboy

Directing

2024

Arthur the King as Director

2023

The Family Plan as Director
The Diplomat as Director

2019

Years and Years as Director
See as Director

2015

Ballers as Director
The Expanse as Director
Bloodline as Director

2014

Klondike as Director
Manhattan as Director

2013

2012

Magic City as Director

2010

On Expenses as Director
Boardwalk Empire as Director

2009

Paradox as Director

2008

Generation Kill as Director

2007

2006

Coup! as Director

2005

The Queen's Sister as Director

2003

Eroica as Director

2002

The One and Only as Director

2000

Some Voices as Director
Storm Damage as Director

1997

In Your Dreams as Director

1996

1993

Cracker as Director

1992

Bitter Harvest as Director

1991

The Missing Finger as Director

1990

1984

The Bill as Director

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The Family Plan 2 as Director

Production

2023

The Diplomat as Executive Producer

2019

Years and Years as Executive Producer

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The Family Plan 2 as Executive Producer

Creator

2014

Klondike as Creator