---
name: "Charlie Hanson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charlie-hanson"
fi1m_id: "charlie-hanson"
imdb_id: "nm0361210"
tmdb_id: 1214541
wikidata_id: "Q5084984"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_as: "director"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-07T11:48:26.649577+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."
---

# Charlie Hanson

## Identity

Charlie Hanson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charlie-hanson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charlie-hanson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0361210
- **TMDB ID:** 1214541
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5084984
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hanson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5084984, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361210/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214541

Director and producer. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 1989–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Ricky Gervais](https://film.one/person/ricky-gervais.md), [Stephen Merchant](https://film.one/person/stephen-merchant.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (2), 2010s 62 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hanson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5084984, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361210/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214541

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Garth Marenghi's Darkplace*](https://film.one/tv/garth-marenghis-darkplace.md) (83)
- **BritBox:** [*Extras*](https://film.one/tv/extras.md) (81)

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## Biography

Charlie Hanson is a British producer and director of television comedy and drama. His career spans more than three decades, with early credits including the Channel 4 sitcom *Desmond's* and the BBC series *Chef!* (1993–1996).

He has produced numerous series and films associated with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, including *Garth Marenghi's Darkplace* (2004), *Extras* (2005–2007), *Cemetery Junction* (2010), *Life's Too Short* (2011), *Derek* (2012–2014) and *After Life* (2019–2020). Other credits include *A Way of Life* (2004), *David Brent: Life on the Road* (2016) and *Where Hands Touch* (2018).

Programmes he has produced have received BAFTA awards, and he shared a Golden Globe for the *Extras* television special.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Life's Too Short* (2011), Fi1m 63, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/lifes-too-short.md)
- *Cemetery Junction* (2010), Fi1m 61, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/cemetery-junction.md)
- *Extras* (2005), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/extras.md)
- *Garth Marenghi's Darkplace* (2004), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/garth-marenghis-darkplace.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *A Living Sculpture* (2020), Producer
- *After Life* (2019), series, Producer
- *Where Hands Touch* (2018), Producer
- *Ricky Gervais: Humanity* (2018), Producer
- *Afro Punk Girl* (2016), Executive Producer
- *David Brent: Life on the Road* (2016), Producer
- *Life's Too Short* (2011), series, Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/lifes-too-short.md)
- *Whites* (2010), series, Producer
- *Stanley Park* (2010), series, Producer
- *Cemetery Junction* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/cemetery-junction.md)
- *Reggie Perrin* (2009), series, Producer
- *Parents of the Band* (2008), series, Producer
- *You Can Choose Your Friends* (2007), Producer
- *Not Going Out* (2006), series, Producer
- *Snuff Box* (2006), series, Producer
- *Extras* (2005), series, Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/extras.md)
- *Garth Marenghi's Darkplace* (2004), series, Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/garth-marenghis-darkplace.md)
- *The Big Impression* (2000), series, Producer
- *Harry Hill: "First Class Scamp"* (1998), Director
- *Harry Hill* (1997), series, Producer
- *Waiting* (1995), Director
- *Sardines* (1995), Director
- *Crocodile Shoes* (1994), series, Producer
- *Birds of a Feather* (1989), series, Director
- *Desmond's* (1989), series, Producer, Director

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2008: Outstanding Television Movie (nominated), for *Extras*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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