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name: "Dan Zeff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-zeff"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-17T04:28:24.819165+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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# Dan Zeff

Director. Born 1 January 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1953
- **Active:** 2005–2014
- **Also known as:** 댄 제프
- **Works often with:** Ben Wheatley, Graeme Harper, Stephan Pehrsson

## Biography

Dan Zeff is a British television director and writer. He began directing in the 1990s, initially working in children's television before moving to adult comedy and drama.

His credits include directing the first two series of the BBC Three sitcom *Ideal* (2005), episodes of *Inside No. 9* (2015), and the *Doctor Who* episode "Love & Monsters" (2006). Other notable work encompasses *Lost in Austen* (2008), *Case Histories* (2011), *Hattie* (2011), *Pramface* (2012), *Siblings* (2014), and later projects such as *Eric, Ernie and Me* (2017) and *Grace* (2021).

Zeff has won three BAFTA awards and received further BAFTA and Emmy nominations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, tardis.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Inside No. 9* (2014), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Ideal* (2005), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/ideal.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Doctor Who* (2005), Director

## Also known for

- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), Director
- *Lost in Austen* (2008), Director
- *Grace* (2021), Director
- *Case Histories* (2011), Director

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