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Elliot Hegarty

Summary

Elliot Hegarty is a film and television director working in Britain and the United States.

Elliot Hegarty
Born1971 (age 52–53)
London, England, UK
Occupation(s)Film director, television director
Years active1996–present

His film and TV credits include Rivals starring David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Danny Dyer and Katherine Parkinson for Disney+, Ted Lasso starring Jason Sudeikis for Apple TV which won 7 Emmys in 2021,[1] the highly-acclaimed Cheaters for BBC1, two film adaptations of David Walliams' books - The Midnight Gang with Alan Davies and Haydn Gwynne and Grandpa's Great Escape with Tom Courtenay and Jennifer Saunders. He also directed the first block of Season 3 of Trying for Apple TV, Lizzie and Sarah by Julia Davis, Lovesick on Netflix, Star Stories, The Kevin Bishop Show, FM, Moving Wallpaper, Great Night Out and Jack Whitehall's TV series - Bad Education. In the US Elliot has directed over 35 episodes of TV across a broad range of Network comedies such as Black-ish, The Real O'Neals, Mr. Sunshine, The Middle, Suburgatory, Selfie, Trophy Wife, Family Tools and Mixology.

His two feature film credits are The Bad Education Movie and the 2000 film County Kilburn starring Ciarán McMenamin, a film he also wrote.[2]

Elliot also directs commercials. The first three ads he directed were for Club 18–30, for which he won eight awards, including a Silver and two Bronzes at the British Television Advertising awards and a Bronze Lion at Cannes.[3] He was nominated as Best New Director at the British Television Advertising Craft awards in 2000 and selected for the prestigious New Directors' Showcase in Cannes 2001.[4] He has worked with such clients as Guinness, MFI, KFC, Toyota, Npower, Enterprise, Hyundai and the Daily Telegraph.

He has been twice nominated for a BAFTA award - in 2008[5] and again in 2018.[6] He won Best Comedy at the British Comedy Awards.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ted Lasso".|title=Emmys website
  2. ^ "Elliot Hegarty Movies & TV". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2000 Winners Archive". adforum.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  4. ^ "25 Years, 25 Directors: Saatchi Marks A Quarter Century Of Its New Directors Showcase". Co.Create. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Television – Comedy Programme in 2008". bafta.org. London: British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 10 February 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Children's Awards Winners 2018". 17 October 2018.
  7. ^ "The British Comedy Awards - The British Comedy Awards". britishcomedyawards.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

External links edit

  • Elliot Hegarty at IMDb
  • Official website