Thomas Hescott
Director/Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Thomas is a director and writer with over twenty five years' experience working across TV, theatre and film. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, the National Theatre Studio Directors Course and on the BBC’s Emerging Directors Scheme.
He was nominated for a Most Promising Playwright Award for his play The Act, which was subsequently adapted into a short film. In 2017 he was named on the BBC’s New Talent Hotlist.
Thomas is currently part of Directors UK Inspire and is being mentored by film director Tom Harper.
Thomas Hescott [has] been responsible for some of the soap’s most sublime direction in recent years ... The direction was exceptional, and the cinematography and overall visual presentation was exemplary ... [The episode] will no doubt go down in EastEnders history as one of the greatest ever produced
The Metro on EastEnders New Years Eve 2019
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2024 | BBC 1 / Wall To Wall |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2022 | BBC 1 / Neal Street Productions | Episode 3 |
2018 - 2022 | BBC Studios | 8 episodes |
2021 | BBC 1 / Neal Street Productions | Episode 7 (series finale) |
2016 - 2020 | BBC Studios | 29 episodes |
2017 - 2019 | BBC Studios | 6 episodes |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE ACT 2020 | Cinema Hades/130 Elektra Films | Featuring Samuel Barnett, Simon Lennon, Cyril Nri and Annette Badland |
THE DARK ROOM 2015 | Cinema Hades | By Toby Davies |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2018 | Wilton's Music Hall | By James Graham |
2015 | Seabright Productions/UK Tour/Edinburgh Festival | Co-written with Matthew Baldwin |
2014 | Trafalgar Studios 2/Oval House Theatre | Director and Co-Writer |
2013 | Ambassadors Theatre | By James Graham |
CHAMBER OF CURIOSITIES 2013 | Latitude Festival | A new play by Tom Morton-Smith |
THE SITE 2011 | Hampstead Theatre | By Frances Bushe, winner of Hampstead Theatre’s Young Writers Competition |
ROUTES 2011 | Hampstead Theatre | Heat and Light Company |
CROSSING THE LINE 2010 | Hampstead Theatre | A new play by Satinder Chohan for the Heat and Light Company |
WOLVES AT THE WINDOW 2009 | Arcola Theatre/59E59 Off Broadway | A new play by Toby Davies |
STARFISH 2009 | Y Touring | A new play by Judith Johnson |
NOBODY LIVES FOREVER 2008 | Y Touring | A new play by Judith Johnson |
FULL TIME 2008 | Y Touring | A new play by Rachel Wagstaff |
THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR'S BELLY DANCER 2008 | Arts Theatre/Arcola Theatre | Transferred from Arcola Theatre to West End venue |
ANATOL 2006 | Arcola Theatre | |
ROMEO AND JULIET 2004 | Southwark Playhouse | |
TWELFTH NIGHT 2003 | Southwark Playhouse | |
MACBETH 2002 | Southwark Playhouse |