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Client details

Joe Ahearne

Writer / Director

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Agent
Tim Corrie
Associate Agent: Camille McCurry
+44 (0) 20 3214 0864
Assistant: Freddie Waters
+44 (0) 20 3214 0945
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
ProductionCompanyNotes
ARCANA
(2012)
Warners
DA VINCI'S DEMONS
(2012)
Starz/BBC Worldwide
TRANCE
(2012)
Cloud Eight FilmsDirected 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.
THE SECRET OF CRICKLEY HALL
(2011)
BBCWriter/Director. Adaptation of the book by James Herbert. 3 x 1 hr
LONELY WEREWOLF GIRL
(2011)
Warp / Film4Writer. Feature adaptation of the book by Martin Millar
KINDRED SPIRITS
(2011)
BBCWriter. 60 min pilot
THE INTRUDERS
(2011)
BBCWriter. Adaptation of a novel by Michael Marshall. 5 x 1hr.
VLAD AND FRANK
(2011)
Company PicturesWriter. 90 minute pilot
Television
ProductionCompanyNotes
APPARITIONS
(2008)
Lime Pictures/BBCWriter 6 episodes, Director 4 episodes
THIS LIFE + 10
(2007)
World/ BBCDirector
PERFECT PARENTS
(2006)
Granada/ITVTV 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 1Director, 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/DiscoveryWriter/Director. 2 x 1hr
STRANGE
(2003)
BBCDirector, Pilot + 3 episodes
DARK REALM
(2001)
Warner Bros.Director, 1 episode
TRANCE
(2001)
Icon/SkyTV Movie - Writer/Director
PARENTS' NIGHT
(2001)
Tiger Aspect/Channel 41 x 1hr
ULTRAVIOLET
(1998)
World/Channel 46 x 1hr. Writer/Director
THIS LIFE
(1997)
BBC/WorldWinner: Writers’ Guild Award 1997. Director (3 episodes), Writer (2 episodes)
Short Films
ProductionCompanyNotes
LATIN FOR A DARK ROOM
(1994)
BBC/Tartan ShortsDirector. Best of the Fest Edinburgh Film Festival 1994
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