---
name: "Coky Giedroyc"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/coky-giedroyc"
fi1m_id: "coky-giedroyc"
imdb_id: "nm0317328"
tmdb_id: 115677
wikidata_id: "Q385013"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "6 February 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T15:22:45.833380+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."
---

# Coky Giedroyc

## Identity

Coky Giedroyc

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/coky-giedroyc
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** coky-giedroyc
- **IMDb ID:** nm0317328
- **TMDB ID:** 115677
- **Wikidata ID:** Q385013
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coky_Giedroyc, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q385013, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317328/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115677

Director. Born 6 February 1963 in Hong Kong.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 6 February 1963, Hong Kong
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Kari Skogland](https://film.one/person/kari-skogland.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 69 (2), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coky_Giedroyc, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q385013, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317328/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115677

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*A Thousand Blows*](https://film.one/tv/a-thousand-blows.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Virgin Queen*](https://film.one/tv/the-virgin-queen.md) (78)
- **Hulu:** [*Penny Dreadful*](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md) (76)
- **AMC+:** [*The Killing*](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Coky Giedroyc is an English television and film director. Born Mary Rose Helen Giedroyc on 6 February 1963 in Kowloon, British Hong Kong, she grew up in Surrey and attended the University of Bristol, where she began making films.

She has directed episodes of series including *Penny Dreadful* (2014), *The Hour* (2011), *Harlots* (2017–2018), *Seven Seconds* (2018) and *A Thousand Blows* (2025). Her feature films include *How to Build a Girl* (2019). Giedroyc has received BAFTA nominations for her work.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *A Thousand Blows* (2025), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-thousand-blows.md)
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *The Killing* (2011), Fi1m 62, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *The Virgin Queen* (2006), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-virgin-queen.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *A Thousand Blows* (2025), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-thousand-blows.md)
- *Greatest Days* (2023), Director
- *How to Build a Girl* (2020), Director
- *Seven Seconds* (2018), series, Director
- *Gypsy* (2017), series, Director
- *Harlots* (2017), series, Director
- *Good Behavior* (2016), series, Director
- *The Sound of Music Live!* (2015), Director
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *What Remains* (2013), series, Director
- *Hemlock Grove* (2013), series, Director
- *Spies of Warsaw* (2013), series, Director
- *The Killing* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *The Nativity* (2010), series, Director
- *Wuthering Heights* (2009), series, Director, Creator
- *Oliver Twist* (2007), series, Director
- *Fear of Fanny* (2006), Director
- *The Virgin Queen* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-virgin-queen.md)
- *Blackpool* (2004), series, Director
- *Carrie's War* (2004), Director
- *Women Talking Dirty* (2001), Director
- *Murder in Mind* (2001), series, Director
- *Stella Does Tricks* (1997), Director
- *Arthouse* (1997), series, Director
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Director
- *Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing* (1995), Director
- *Murder Most Horrid* (1991), series, Director

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