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name: "Cilla Ware"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cilla-ware"
roles: ["Second unit director","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T08:18:00.380896+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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# Cilla Ware

Second unit director and director.

## Details

- **Work:** Second unit director, Director
- **Active:** 2001–2002
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117862934, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912085/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1234395

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Spooks*](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Cilla Ware is a British television director. She has directed episodes of series including *Spooks* (2004), *Primeval* (2007–2011), *Death in Paradise* (2014), *Silk* (2014), *The Loch* (2017) and *Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands* (2016).

Her earlier credits include second unit director on the feature film *Bridget Jones's Diary* (2001) and directing the television film *The Illustrated Mum* (2003), which received an RTS Award nomination. She has also directed episodes of *Material Girl* (2010) and *Love, Lies and Records* (2017).

Ware has received one BAFTA nomination.

*Sources: independenttalent.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *Spooks* (2002), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Bridget Jones's Diary* (2001), Fi1m 80, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-diary.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Love, Lies & Records* (2017), series, Director
- *The Loch* (2017), series, Director, Creator
- *Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands* (2016), series, Director
- *The Interceptor* (2015), series, Director
- *Father's Day* (2013), Director
- *Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down* (2013), series, Director
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, Director
- *Silk* (2011), series, Director
- *Material Girl* (2010), series, Director
- *All the Small Things* (2009), series, Director
- *Sold* (2007), series, Director
- *Primeval* (2007), series, Director
- *Wild at Heart* (2006), series, Director
- *The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle* (2005), Director
- *Best Friends* (2004), series, Director
- *The Illustrated Mum* (2003), Director
- *Spooks* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Double Act* (2002), Director
- *Bridget Jones's Diary* (2001), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-diary.md)
- *Acts of Passion* (1999), series, Director
- *Anchoress* (1993), First Assistant Director
- *Elenya* (1992), Second Unit First Assistant Director
- *A Small Dance* (1991), Assistant Director
- *Edward II* (1991), First Assistant Director
- *Turbulence* (1991), Assistant Director
- *Hidden Agenda* (1990), Second Assistant Director
- *Blood Red Roses* (1986), Second Assistant Director
- *Murrow* (1986), Second Assistant Director
- *Gunpowder* (1986), Second Assistant Director

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