Client details
Joe Ahearne
Writer / Director
Agents
| Tim Corrie | |
| Camille McCurry | +44 (0)20 3214 0864 |
About
Joe created the series ULTRAVIOLET for World Productions, which aired on Channel 4 in the UK and the Sci-Fi Network in the US. Joe has also written and directed episodes of THIS LIFE and STRANGE , as well as the two-part drama-documentary Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets for the BBC and the Discovery Channel which Fox TV Studios adapted into the scripted series DEFYING GRAVITY. Joe was the director of five episodes of the 2005 incarnation of the BBC's DOCTOR WHO, for which he was nominated for his first BAFTA. Joe has written several comic books for Marvel, most recently the Fantastic Four series. |
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| THE LAST DAY OF CREATION (2013) | X Filme | |
| DA VINCI'S DEMONS (2013) | Starz/BBC Worldwide | Paul Wilmhurst directing his episode |
| TRANCE (2013) | Cloud Eight Films | Directed by Danny Boyle, starring James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel. Producer Christian Colson. Screenplay by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge; Story by Joe Ahearne. |
| LONELY WEREWOLF GIRL (2013) | Warp / Film4 | Writer. Feature adaptation of the book by Martin Millar |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| THE SECRET OF CRICKLEY HALL (2012) | BBC | Writer/Director. Adaptation of the book by James Herbert. 3 x 1 hr |
| APPARITIONS (2008) | Lime Pictures/BBC | Writer 6 episodes, Director 4 episodes |
| THIS LIFE + 10 (2007) | World/ BBC | Director |
| PERFECT PARENTS (2006) | Granada/ITV | TV Movie - Writer and Director. Winner: Maximo Diamond Award, Rome Fiction Festival 2007 Winner: Best TV Movie, Rome Fiction Festival 2007 Winner: Best TV Movie Script, Rome Fiction Festival 2007 |
| DOCTOR WHO (2005) | BBC Wales for BBC 1 | Director, 5 x 45 min Winner: Best Drama Series, BAFTA Television Awards, 2006 Nominated: Best Director, BAFTA Craft Awards, 2006 Winner: Best Drama Series, Broadcast Awards, 2006 Nominated: Best Drama Series RTS Awards 2006 |
| SPACE ODYSSEY (2004) | BBC/Discovery | Writer/Director. 2 x 1hr |
| STRANGE (2003) | BBC | Director, Pilot + 3 episodes |
| DARK REALM (2001) | Warner Bros. | Director, 1 episode |
| TRANCE (2001) | Icon/Sky | TV Movie - Writer/Director |
| PARENTS' NIGHT (2001) | Tiger Aspect/Channel 4 | 1 x 1hr |
| ULTRAVIOLET (1998) | World/Channel 4 | 6 x 1hr. Writer/Director |
| THIS LIFE (1997) | BBC/World | Winner: Writers’ Guild Award 1997. Director (3 episodes), Writer (2 episodes) |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| LATIN FOR A DARK ROOM (1994) | BBC/Tartan Shorts | Director. Best of the Fest Edinburgh Film Festival 1994 |
