Tom Shankland
Thomas Otto Shankland (born 7 May 1968) is an English film and television director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the horror films WΔZ (2007) and The Children (2008), and television series such as The Fades (2011), Ripper Street (2012), and The Missing (2014); for the latter, he was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. He has also been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film twice, for Bait (1999) and Going Down (2000).
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Tom Shankland
- Name
- Tom Shankland
- Birth Name
- Thomas Otto Shankland
- Born
- 7 May 1968
- Birthplace
- Durham, England, UK
- Occupation
- * Film and television director
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Tom Shankland • Birth Name — Thomas Otto Shankland • Born — 7 May 1968 • Birthplace — Durham, England, UK • Occupation — * Film and television director • screenwriter • Years Active — 1995–present
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Tom Shankland is recorded as a director and screenwriter.
Background and education
Background and education
Shankland's father taught at Durham University, establishing the Italian department. His mother is Scandinavian. The family watched Italian and Scandinavian film. He went to school at St Margaret’s Primary School and Framwellgate Moor Comprehensive. He first gained visibility with a short film for Channel 4 called Bait in 1999.
Television
Television
• Hearts and Bones (2000; episode: "Once There Was a Way to Get Back Home") • Clocking Off (2001; 3 episodes) • No Night Is Too Long (2002; television film) • Family Business (2004; episode "1.01") • Jericho (2005; episode: "The Hollow Men") • Agatha Christie's Marple (2006–10; 2 episodes) • The Fades (2011; 3 episodes) • Dirk Gently (2012; 3 episodes) • Ripper Street (2012; 4 episodes) • The Missing (2014; 8 episodes) • Wicked City (2015; episode: "Pilot") • The Leftovers (2015; 1 episode) • House of Cards (2016; 1 episode) • Iron Fist (2017; 1 episode) • The Punisher (2017; 2 episodes) • The City and the City (2018; miniseries) • Les Misérables (2018; miniseries) • The Serpent (2021; miniseries) • SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022; miniseries) • The Leopard (2025; Netflix series), remake of the famous 1963 movie, from the novel of Giuseppe Tomasi of Lampedusa • House of Guinness (2025, 5 episodes) • Berlin Noir (TBA)
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Identity and overview
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Film
• Bubbles (1998; short) • Bait (1999; short) • Going Down (2000; short) • WΔZ (2007) • The Children (2008)
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result • 2000 — BAFTA Awards — Best Short Film (shared with Soledad Gatti-Pascual and Jane Harris) — Bait • Newport International Film Festival — Best Short • London Film Festival — TCM Prize — Going Down — 2nd Place • 2001 — BAFTA Awards — Best Short Film (shared with Soledad Gatti-Pascual and Jane Harris) • 2007 — Sitges Film Festival — Best Film — WΔZ • 2009 — Fantasia International Film Festival — Special Mention — The Children • Sitges Film Festival — Best Film • Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival — Best of Bucheon • Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival — Narcisse Award for Best Feature a Film • 2010 — Fangoria Chainsaw Awards — Best Screenplay (shared with Paul Andrew Williams) • 2013 — BAFTA Awards — Best Drama Series (shared with Richard Warlow, Will Gould and Stephen Smallwood) — Ripper Street • 2015 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special — The Missing
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- 1.Genealogy.com. Ole-Stander-Morville.
- 2.Hodgson, Barbara. Tom Shankland to launch The Children. The Journal. November 21, 2008.
- 3.Emmy Award Nominations: Full List of 2015 Emmy Nominees. Variety. July 16, 2015.
- 4.Durham director Tom Shankland talks about his hit TV series #TheMissing. 20 December 2014.
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