--- name: "Corin Hardy" canonical: "https://film.one/person/corin-hardy" roles: ["Producer","Director"] born: "6 January 1975" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "producer" average_over: 0 updated: "2026-09-17T15:38:18.229070+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." --- # Corin Hardy Producer and director. Born 6 January 1975 in UK. ## Details - **Work:** Producer, Director - **Born:** 6 January 1975, UK - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corin_Hardy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22955213, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2379028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1401474 ## Streaming the US now - **AMC+:** [*Gangs of London*](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Corin Hardy > Corin Hardy’s strengths are creature design and forceful action. *Gangs of London* makes the case for the latter, and we recommend it to action enthusiasts, with reservations about the plotting and the relentless brutality. The fights in *Gangs of London* (2020) keep finding ways to hold our attention when the gangland plotting cannot. Hardy directed half the episodes across its first two series, helping to shape the programme’s action style. It is the clearest reason to take an interest in his work: he has a useful feel for what makes screen violence forceful. Sope Dirisu’s presence matters just as much, giving the series someone worth watching between the fights. Anyone looking chiefly for persuasive crime plotting should temper their expectations. His earlier films suggest where that interest in physical craft comes from. The stop-motion short *Butterfly* (2003) preceded a feature debut, *The Hallow* (2015), which he also wrote. There, practical-effects creatures rooted in Irish folklore established the horror side of his work. *The Nun* (2018) took him into studio horror before *Gangs of London* took him into crime drama. These are changes of format and scale, but the attention to monsters and bodily danger makes the progression easy to follow. On *Gangs of London*, Hardy worked with creator and executive producer Gareth Evans, and became lead director and executive producer for the second series. The force of the programme is a shared achievement, not something to hand to a single name. We were worn down by its relentless brutality, even while the invention of the fights kept us watching. That is the limit of our enthusiasm: physical skill cannot make every further bout of violence equally compelling. With stronger plotting, there would be more to hold our attention when the fighting stops. *Whistle* (2025), with its story centred on a cursed Aztec death whistle, takes him back to horror built around mythology. For an introduction to his work, we would start with *Gangs of London*, provided action is what you want from the evening. If relentless screen violence sounds like work, choose something else. ## Biography Corin Hardy (born 6 January 1975) is an English film director. He studied theatre design at Wimbledon College of Arts and began his career making short films and music videos before moving into features. Hardy made his directorial debut with the horror film *The Hallow* (2015), which he also co-wrote. He went on to direct *The Nun* (2018), a spin-off in The Conjuring universe. He has directed multiple episodes of the Sky/AMC series *Gangs of London* (2020), serving as lead director and executive producer on the second series. His later feature *Whistle* was released in 2025. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com, deadline.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Gangs of London* (2020), Fi1m 74, as Fake Shemp — [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) ## Complete filmography (8) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Whistle* (2026), Director, Executive Producer - *Gangs of London* (2020), series, Fake Shemp, Director, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) - *The Nun* (2018), Director - *The Hallow* (2015), Director, Screenplay, Story - *In the Back* (2012), Director, Writer - *Butterfly* (2003), Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Animation - *Lure*, Director - *Hold the Devil*, Executive Producer ## Gallery - ![Corin Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/756335/gallery-3733849db2c7.jpg) Corin Hardy — PunkToad, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Corin_Hardy.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Corin Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/756335/gallery-3934cef1cc9d.jpg) Corin Hardy — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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