Otto Bathurst

• Name — Otto Bathurst • Birth Name — Otto Benjamin Charles Bathurst • Born — 18 January 1971 • Birthplace — Hammersmith, London England • Occupation — * Television director • film director • Children — Three

Bathurst was born on 18 January 1971, the son of Elizabeth Mary (Thompson) and Christopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe. He grew up in Dudley and Bridgnorth. He began to study engineering at university, but dropped out to move to London and work in film.

Bathurst's family has lived in Bath, Somerset since 2013. He enjoys cooking and his favourite restaurant serves classic Indian cuisine.

Bathurst began his career in editing and then worked on commercials, before moving into television. He has taught filmmaking at Oxford and London universities. In 2009, Bathurst directed Margot, a biopic of Margot Fonteyn starring Anne-Marie Duff, which focused upon the relationship between Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. In 2011, he directed "The National Anthem", the first episode of the anthology television series Black Mirror. He has also directed episodes of Urban Gothic, Teachers, and Hustle. In 2013, he was described by Express & Star as "Britain's most exciting director". In 2018, he made his feature film directorial debut with Robin Hood. It starred Jamie Dornan as Will Scarlett, Jamie Foxx as Little John, Tim Minchin as Friar Tuck, Eve Hewson as Maid Marian, and Taron Egerton as the eponymous hero. The film was universally panned and was estimated to have lost the studio US$83.7 million. He directed episodes of the historical drama series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, broadcast in January 2025.

Feature film • Robin Hood (2018) Television • Year — Title — Director — Executive Producer — Notes • 2000-2001 — Urban Gothic — 4 episodes • 2002 — Comedy Lab — Episode "Shoreditch Tw*t" • Guardian of the Amazon — TV movie • 2003 — 20 Things to Do Before You're 30 — 3 episodes • Teachers — 3 episodes • UGetMe — 6 episodes • 2004 — NY-LON — Episode "Something About Chemicals" • 2005-2006 — Hustle — 4 episodes • 2007 — Five Days — 3 episodes • 2008 — Criminal Justice — 3 episodes • 2009 — Margot — TV movie • 2011 — Black Mirror — Episode "The National Anthem" • 2013 — Peaky Blinders — 3 episodes • 2014 — Hysteria — Unaired pilot • 2019 — His Dark Materials — Episodes "Armour" and "The Lost Boy" • 2022 — Billy the Kid — 2 episodes • 2022-2024 — Halo — 4 episodes • 2023 — The Winter King — 4 episodes • 2025 — Lockerbie: A Search for Truth — 4 episodes • The Abandons — 2 episodes • 2026 — Prisoner — 3 episodes • Fightland — 8 episodes