Colm McCarthy

Director

Born: February 16, 1973 (53 years old)

Place of birth: 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 (21)

• Hustle (2004, ★ 7.7)
• Spooks (2002, ★ 7.7)
• The Tudors (2007, ★ 7.8)
• Endeavour (2013, ★ 8.1)
• Sherlock (2010, ★ 8.5)
• Peaky Blinders (2013, ★ 8.5)
• Injustice (2011, ★ 7.1)
• Hunter (2009, ★ 7.3)
• Doctor Who (2005, ★ 7.6)
• Black Mirror (2011, ★ 8.3)
• Krypton (2018, ★ 7.1)
• Ripper Street (2012, ★ 7.4)
• The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself (2022, ★ 7.4)
• Murphy's Law (2001, ★ 7.7)
• Bagman (2024, ★ 6.1)
• The Girl with All the Gifts (2016, ★ 6.6)
• Single-Handed (2007, ★ 6.8)
• Outcast (2010, ★ 5.1)
• The Deep (2010, ★ 5.9)
• Bergerac (2025, ★ 6)
• Curfew (2024, ★ 4.7)