---
name: "David Drury"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-drury"
fi1m_id: "david-drury"
imdb_id: "nm0238621"
tmdb_id: 21839
wikidata_id: "Q19478093"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "29 March 1947"
died: "21 June 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T07:36:57.006174+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."
---

# David Drury

## Identity

David Drury

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-drury
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-drury
- **IMDb ID:** nm0238621
- **TMDB ID:** 21839
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19478093
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19478093, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238621/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21839

Director. Born 29 March 1947 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 21 June 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 29 March 1947, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 21 June 2021
- **Active:** 1991–2008
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19478093, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238621/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21839

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Prime Suspect*](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md) (88), [*Ashes to Ashes*](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md) (64)

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## Biography

David Drury (1947–2021) was a British director and producer. He was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and died in London.

Drury directed episodes of the television series *Prime Suspect* (1993) and *Ashes to Ashes* (2010). His other credits include *Silent Witness*, *Lewis*, *The Paradise*, *The Take* and *Defence of the Realm* (1985). He won one BAFTA Award.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), Fi1m 64, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *Wintopia* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Roads in February* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Tokyo Idols* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Big in Japan* (2014), as David
- *The Security Men* (2013), Director
- *Our Girl* (2013), Director
- *The Paradise* (2012), series, Director
- *The Body Farm* (2011), series, Director
- *Kidnap and Ransom* (2011), series, Director
- *Come Rain Come Shine* (2010), Director
- *The Take* (2009), series, Director
- *Midnight Man* (2008), series, Director, Creator
- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), series, Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)
- *Fallen Angel* (2007), series, Director
- *Lewis* (2007), series, Director
- *Love Lies Bleeding* (2006), series, Director
- *Marian, Again* (2005), Director
- *The Brief* (2004), series, Director
- *The Crooked Man* (2003), Director
- *Family* (2003), series, Director
- *Blue Murder* (2003), series, Director
- *The Cry* (2002), series, Director, Creator
- *The Swap* (2002), Director
- *Messiah* (2001), series, Director
- *Tough Love* (2000), Director
- *Trust* (2000), Director
- *Hostile Waters* (1997), Director
- *Rhodes* (1996), series, Director
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Director
- *Runway One* (1995), Director
- *Bad Company* (1993), Director
- *The Secret Agent* (1992), Director
- *The Secret Agent* (1992), series, Director
- *Children of the North* (1991), Director
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)
- *Intrigue* (1988), Director
- *Split Decisions* (1988), Director
- *Defence of the Realm* (1986), Director
- *Forever Young* (1983), Director

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