---
name: "David Thacker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-thacker"
fi1m_id: "david-thacker"
imdb_id: "nm0856827"
tmdb_id: 199578
wikidata_id: "Q5240322"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "21 December 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T13:42:38.367594+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 Thacker

## Identity

David Thacker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-thacker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-thacker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0856827
- **TMDB ID:** 199578
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5240322
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Thacker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5240322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/199578

Director. Born 21 December 1950 in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 21 December 1950, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England
- **Active:** 1992–2002
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Thacker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5240322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/199578

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Foyle's War*](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md) (81)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*A Doll's House*](https://film.one/film/a-dolls-house.md) (78)

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

## Biography

David Thacker is an English theatre, film and television director. Born on 21 December 1950 in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, he was educated at the University of York. He began his career in regional theatre, serving as artistic director of the Duke's Playhouse in Lancaster and later the Young Vic in London, and as director-in-residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Thacker has directed numerous stage productions, earning Laurence Olivier Awards for *Pericles* and other honours. His television work includes the 1992 BBC adaptation of *A Doll's House*, which received a BAFTA nomination for best single drama, as well as *Death of a Salesman*, *Measure for Measure* and episodes of series such as *Waking the Dead*, *Foyle's War* and *Silent Witness*. He is married to actress Margot Leicester.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Foyle's War* (2002), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)
- *A Doll's House* (1992), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/a-dolls-house.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Faith* (2005), Director
- *The Mayor of Casterbridge* (2003), Director
- *The Mayor of Casterbridge* (2003), series, Director
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, Director
- *Murder in Mind* (2001), series, Director
- *Lock, Stock...* (2000), series, Director
- *The Vice* (1999), series, Director
- *Grafters* (1998), series, Director
- *The Scold's Bridle* (1998), Director
- *Broken Glass* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, Director
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Director
- *Death of a Salesman* (1996), Director
- *Measure for Measure* (1994), Director, Adaptation
- *A Doll's House* (1992), Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-dolls-house.md)
- *Performance* (1991), series, Screenplay, Director, Adaptation

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