---
name: "David Richardson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-richardson-1786968"
fi1m_id: "david-richardson-1786968"
imdb_id: "nm0724492"
tmdb_id: 1786968
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:06:02.036043+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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# David Richardson

## Identity

David Richardson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-richardson-1786968
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-richardson-1786968
- **IMDb ID:** nm0724492
- **TMDB ID:** 1786968
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724492/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1786968

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:**  David Lewis Richardson
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724492/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1786968

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)

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## Biography

David Richardson is a British television director, also credited as David Lewis Richardson. He has directed numerous episodes of long-running series including over 100 episodes of *Doctors* (2016–2024) and episodes of *Emmerdale Farm* (2011).

His other directing credits include episodes of *Shameless* (2009), *Hollyoaks* spin-offs (2004–2005), *Police Interceptors* (where he has also served as producer), and earlier work on the documentary series *The Shock of the New* (1980). He has additionally produced episodes of *Doctors* and *Father Brown*.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Perfectly Numb* (2021), Director
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, Producer
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Hollyoaks: Indecent Behaviour* (2001), Director
- *The Celts: Rich Traditions and Ancient Myths* (1987), Director
- *The Celts* (1987), series, Director

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