Colm McCarthy

Born: 1973-02-16, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Biography

Colm McCarthy is a director best known for his work on Peaky Blinders, Sherlock and Endeavour. He was born in Edinburgh and has lived there as well as in Dublin and London. He is happily married and plays a grand total of eight musical instruments all appallingly badly. He did not formally train in film making, instead he just watched loads of films, read a bunch of books and then started shooting stuff with friends. They borrowed film stock and filmed short films, music videos and random "cool shots" to go into montage sequences.

Filmography

• Doctor Who (2005)
• Peaky Blinders (2013)
• Black Mirror (2011)
• The Tudors (2007)
• Sherlock (2010)
• Spooks (2002)
• Young Sherlock (2026)
• Ripper Street (2012)
• Endeavour (2013)
• Dream Team (1997)
• Krypton (2018)
• Murphy's Law (2001)
• The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself (2022)
• Injustice (2011)
• The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
• Bagman (2024)
• Single-Handed (2007)
• Footballers' Wives: Extra Time (2005)