---
name: "Andrew Gunn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-gunn-1230489"
fi1m_id: "andrew-gunn-1230489"
imdb_id: "nm1215179"
tmdb_id: 1230489
wikidata_id: "Q4757190"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:03:54.741282+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Andrew Gunn

## Identity

Andrew Gunn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-gunn-1230489
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrew-gunn-1230489
- **IMDb ID:** nm1215179
- **TMDB ID:** 1230489
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4757190
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gunn_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4757190, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1215179/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230489

Director. Born 1 January 1901 in Staffordshire.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Staffordshire
- **Active:** 1984–2006
- **Frequently works with:** [Catherine Morshead](https://film.one/person/catherine-morshead.md), [Chris Chibnall](https://film.one/person/chris-chibnall.md), [Douglas Mackinnon](https://film.one/person/douglas-mackinnon.md), [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md), [James Hawes](https://film.one/person/james-hawes.md), [Jamie Payne](https://film.one/person/jamie-payne.md), [Jonny Campbell](https://film.one/person/jonny-campbell.md), [Keith Boak](https://film.one/person/keith-boak.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gunn_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4757190, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1215179/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230489

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Life on Mars*](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md) (84)
- **AMC+:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Andrew Gunn is a British television director. He was born in Staffordshire and grew up on Tyneside. He attended film school in Surrey and Dorset.

His early work included writing and directing award-winning short films, among them his graduation film *Mermaids* (1987), which starred a young Robson Green. He later directed episodes of series including *Green Wing* (2004), *Life on Mars* (2006), *Cape Wrath* (2007), *Survivors* (2008), *Primeval* (2008), *Doctor Who* (2010), *Wolfblood* (2012) and *Get Even* (2020). He has also worked on *Hollyoaks* and received Royal Television Society awards for his short films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Life on Mars* (2006), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Get Even* (2020), series, Director
- *Wolfblood* (2012), series, Director
- *Hollyoaks Later* (2008), series, Director
- *Survivors* (2008), series, Director
- *Clay* (2008), Director
- *Meadowlands* (2007), series, Director
- *Primeval* (2007), series, Director
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, Director
- *Wild at Heart* (2006), series, Director
- *Life on Mars* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *The New Worst Witch* (2005), series, Director
- *Coming Up* (2003), series, Director
- *Insomnia* (1999), Director, Writer
- *Hollyoaks* (1995), series, Director
- *Half a Shave* (1995), Director, Writer, Producer
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director
- *The Fears*, Director, Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/andrew-gunn-1230489