---
name: "Daniel O'Hara"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-ohara"
fi1m_id: "daniel-ohara"
imdb_id: "nm1637821"
tmdb_id: 1090671
wikidata_id: "Q20604905"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 November 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T20:07:46.812230+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."
---

# Daniel O'Hara

## Identity

Daniel O'Hara

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-ohara
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-ohara
- **IMDb ID:** nm1637821
- **TMDB ID:** 1090671
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20604905
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20604905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1637821/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1090671

Director. Born 17 November 1972 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 November 1972, Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 2005–2019
- **Also known as:** 다니엘 오하라
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Smith](https://film.one/person/adam-smith.md), [Ed Hime](https://film.one/person/ed-hime.md), [Saul Metzstein](https://film.one/person/saul-metzstein.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (2), 2010s 76 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20604905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1637821/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1090671

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) (78)
- **Peacock:** [*Brassic*](https://film.one/tv/brassic.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*Skins*](https://film.one/tv/skins.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Daniel O'Hara is a television director from Dublin. He has directed episodes of series including *Skins* (2010), *Doctor Who* (2015), *Being Human* (2011–2013), *Brassic* (2019), *The Stranger* (2020), *Safe* (2018), *Stay Close* (2021) and *Victoria* (2017).

His early short films *Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom* (2003) and *Fluent Dysphasia* won multiple awards at international festivals. He is based in Edinburgh and has worked for broadcasters and streamers including BBC, Sky, Netflix and ITV.

*Sources: sdgi.ie, imdb.com, doughproductions.com, theagency.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Brassic* (2019), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/brassic.md)
- *Skins* (2007), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *The Revenge Club* (2025), series, Director
- *Harlan Coben's Lazarus* (2025), series, Director
- *The Red King* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Stay Close* (2021), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *The Stranger* (2020), series, Director, Associate Producer
- *Brassic* (2019), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/brassic.md)
- *Safe* (2018), series, Director
- *Hooten & The Lady* (2016), series, Director
- *Victoria* (2016), series, Director
- *Houdini & Doyle* (2016), series, Director
- *Stan Lee's Lucky Man* (2016), series, Director
- *The Game* (2014), series, Director
- *Wizards vs Aliens* (2012), series, Director
- *Beaver Falls* (2011), series, Director
- *Being Human* (2009), series, Director
- *Zig and Zag: Best Bitz from Back Den* (2008), Director
- *Dublin 26.06.08: A Film in 4 Days* (2008), Director
- *Inspector George Gently* (2008), series, Director
- *Paddywhackery* (2007), series, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Skins* (2007), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Fluent Dysphasia* (2004), Writer, Director
- *Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom* (2003), Director, Writer
- *The Clinic* (2003), series, Director
- *A Scare at Bedtime* (1997), series, Director
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Director

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