---
name: "Andy Devonshire"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andy-devonshire"
fi1m_id: "andy-devonshire"
imdb_id: "nm1561194"
tmdb_id: 87771
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-07T17:42:15.786505+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."
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# Andy Devonshire

## Identity

Andy Devonshire

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andy-devonshire
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andy-devonshire
- **IMDb ID:** nm1561194
- **TMDB ID:** 87771
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1561194/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87771

Producer and director.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1561194/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87771

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Taskmaster*](https://film.one/tv/taskmaster.md) (82)

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

## Fi1m on Andy Devonshire

> Andy Devonshire is good at making organised silliness feel unforced. We rate his unobtrusive work on *Taskmaster*, where the people matter more than the pictures, though the pleasure still depends on who is playing.

In *Taskmaster* (2015), we remember the people and the games long before we remember a particular image. Andy Devonshire's direction deserves credit for that: it supports the foolishness without trying to make every task look momentous. We felt at ease watching it because Alex Horne and Greg Davies provide a dependable centre for all this adult silliness. An eating challenge needs that sense of company rather more than it needs grandeur.

His earlier directing work includes *The Apprentice* (2005) and series directing on *The Great British Bake Off* (2010). He has directed *Taskmaster* since its launch, working across the filmed tasks, studio sequences and editing. The continuity is worth noticing: these are non-scripted programmes whose directors have to make something coherent out of what participants actually do. Devonshire's particular skill is finding character and humour within repeated activities, then giving those discoveries room in the finished programme.

Cinematographer Sam Montague has worked with him across all three programmes, giving this apparently changeable work a consistent partnership behind the camera. On *Taskmaster*, production designer James Dillon helps support the games without making the surroundings the main attraction. Devonshire varies the house theme and visual style between series, while leaving the basic format intact. Those changes are useful, though we would not mistake fresh decoration for fresh comedy. His work shaping the edit matters more: character moments give the programme something to follow beyond the completion of a task.

The qualification is the cast. Some *Taskmaster* line-ups give the silliness considerably more life than others, and the format can become repetitive. Devonshire's attention to character is the right response, although it cannot make every group equally entertaining. Start with *Taskmaster* for the inventive games, but choose a line-up whose company appeals; these are people we will be spending an evening with.

## Biography

Andy Devonshire is a British television director and producer. His credits include directing *The Apprentice* (2005–2012), *The Great British Bake Off* (2010–2016) and *Taskmaster* (2015–), on which he has also acted as executive producer and directed all episodes to date.

He studied drama and English at the University of East Anglia. Devonshire has received several BAFTA awards and nominations for his work, including wins for *Young Apprentice* and *The Great British Bake Off*. He has maintained a long collaboration with director of photography Sam Montague since their early work together on *The Apprentice*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Taskmaster* (2015), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer, Director, Series Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/taskmaster.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Phil Wang: Wang in There, Baby!* (2024), Director
- *Door(s)* (2022), Director
- *Oo my baby* (2022), Director
- *Taskmaster’s New Year Treat* (2021), series, Director
- *Taskmaster* (2015), series, Series Director, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/taskmaster.md)
- *Paradise Males* (2014), Director
- *100 Greatest Toys With Jonathan Ross* (2010), Director
- *The Games That Time Forgot: Cricket on Horseback and Other Forgotten Sports* (2010), Director, Producer, Cinematography
- *David Lean in Close-Up* (2009), Director
- *America Unchained* (2007), Director
- *Britain's Best Sitcom* (2004), series, Director

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