James Strong (director)

James Strong is a British television and film director and writer, best known for his work on Broadchurch for which he was BAFTA nominated for Best Director Fiction 2015. He trained as Director at Granada TV and has directed episodes of the shows Holby City and Doctors, as well as six episodes of Doctor Who and two episodes of its spin-off series Torchwood. His work on the Doctor Who episode "Voyage of the Damned" won him a BAFTA Cymru award for Best Director in 2008.

In 2007 he directed the autobiographical documentary Elton John: Me, Myself & I and in 2008 he directed three episodes of Bonekickers. He then directed Hunted and Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story and Silent Witness in 2010 followed by the festure film United and Downton Abbey in 2011. He was then lead director and Associate producer on the multi-award winning Broadchurch. The series won six BAFTAs including Best Drama.

James followed this with work on Series 2 of Broadchurch, the US remake Gracepoint in 2013 and other US pilots, including Kingmakers for ABC in 2015 and Drew in 2016. He also directed episodes of the Stephen King adaptation and J.J. Abrams produced 11.22.63.

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