---
name: "Euros Lyn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/euros-lyn"
fi1m_id: "euros-lyn"
imdb_id: "nm0528186"
tmdb_id: 1216417
wikidata_id: "Q2663889"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 14
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 13
updated: "2026-10-21T04:27:36.652326+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."
---

# Euros Lyn

## Identity

Euros Lyn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/euros-lyn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** euros-lyn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0528186
- **TMDB ID:** 1216417
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2663889
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euros_Lyn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2663889, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216417

Director and producer. Born 1 January 1971 in Cardiff, Wales.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1971, Cardiff, Wales
- **Active:** 1986–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 14: 13 directing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [James Strong](https://film.one/person/james-strong.md), [Alice Troughton](https://film.one/person/alice-troughton.md), [Ashley Way](https://film.one/person/ashley-way.md), [Catherine Morshead](https://film.one/person/catherine-morshead.md), [Chris Chibnall](https://film.one/person/chris-chibnall.md), [Colm McCarthy](https://film.one/person/colm-mccarthy.md), [Farren Blackburn](https://film.one/person/farren-blackburn.md), [Sarah Lancashire](https://film.one/person/sarah-lancashire.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 13 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 68 (1), 2000s 74 (3), 2010s 80 (8), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 81 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 10 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 13, Crime 5, Mystery 4, Action & Adventure 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3, Comedy 2
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euros_Lyn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2663889, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216417

## Coming up

- *Pride and Prejudice* (2026-12-03), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/pride-and-prejudice-2026.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Happy Valley*](https://film.one/tv/happy-valley-2014.md) (88), [*Last Tango in Halifax*](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md) (79), [*Kiri*](https://film.one/tv/kiri.md) (78), [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)
- **Netflix:** [*Broadchurch*](https://film.one/tv/broadchurch.md) (81), [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81), [*Heartstopper*](https://film.one/tv/heartstopper.md) (79)
- **AMC+:** [*Sherlock*](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md) (78), [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Marvel's Daredevil*](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md) (78)
- **Tubi:** [*Damilola, Our Loved Boy*](https://film.one/film/damilola-our-loved-boy.md) (75)

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

## Biography

Euros Lyn is a Welsh film and television director. Born in Cardiff in 1971, he was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Ystalyfera and graduated with first-class honours in Drama from the University of Manchester. He began his career directing Welsh-language programmes for S4C before working as an assistant director.

Lyn is known for directing twelve episodes of *Doctor Who* (2005–2010), including several with David Tennant, one episode of *Sherlock* (2010), three episodes of *Broadchurch* (2013), the *Black Mirror* episode 'Fifteen Million Merits' (2011), and episodes of *His Dark Materials* (2019) and *Heartstopper* (2022). He has also directed the feature films *The Library Suicides* (2016), *Dream Horse* (2020) and *The Radleys* (2024).

He has won multiple BAFTA Cymru awards for Best Director, a Hugo Award for the *Doctor Who* episode 'The Girl in the Fireplace', and an International Emmy for *Black Mirror*. In 2015 he received the BAFTA Cymru Siân Phillips Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, swansea.ac.uk, directorsnow.com.*

## On Fi1m (14)

### Directed (13) — the average rests on these

- *Heartstopper* (2022), Fi1m 79, as Security Guard — [page](https://film.one/tv/heartstopper.md)
- *Kiri* (2018), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/kiri.md)
- *Damilola, Our Loved Boy* (2016), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/damilola-our-loved-boy.md)
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md)
- *Happy Valley* (2014), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/happy-valley-2014.md)
- *Broadchurch* (2013), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/broadchurch.md)
- *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Sherlock* (2010), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Torchwood* (2006), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Cutting It* (2002), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/cutting-it.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Toxic Town* (2025), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/toxic-town.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Pride and Prejudice* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Director — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/pride-and-prejudice-2026.md)
- *Heartstopper Forever* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Wayward* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Toxic Town* (2025), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/toxic-town.md)
- *The Radleys* (2024), Director
- *Heartstopper* (2022), series, as Security Guard · Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/heartstopper.md)
- *Dream Horse* (2021), Director
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, Director
- *Kiri* (2018), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/kiri.md)
- *Damilola, Our Loved Boy* (2016), Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/damilola-our-loved-boy.md)
- *The Library Suicides* (2016), Director
- *Capital* (2015), series, Director
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md)
- *Cucumber* (2015), series, Director
- *Gracepoint* (2014), series, Director
- *Happy Valley* (2014), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/happy-valley-2014.md)
- *Broadchurch* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/broadchurch.md)
- *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Upstairs Downstairs* (2010), series, Director
- *Sherlock* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Doctor Who: The End of Time* (2010), Director
- *Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008* (2008), Director
- *Phoo Action* (2008), series, Director
- *Fairy Tales* (2008), series, Director
- *Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride* (2006), Director
- *Torchwood* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *Jane Hall* (2006), series, Director
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Cutting It* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/cutting-it.md)
- *Belonging* (2000), series, Director
- *A Mind to Kill* (1994), series, Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

## Gallery

- ![David Tennant & Euros Lyn (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/46743/gallery-28d30c7813b9.jpg) David Tennant & Euros Lyn (2009) — vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/David_Tennant_%26_Euros_Lyn_%283772723980%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Euros Lyn](https://film.one/media/person/46743/gallery-c3555d17a442.jpg) Euros Lyn — ewen and donabel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Euros_Lyn.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Director Euros Lyn – 2009 Comic-Con International – "Doctor Who" panel.](https://film.one/media/person/46743/gallery-bc6ff01378ae.jpg) Director Euros Lyn – 2009 Comic-Con International – "Doctor Who" panel. — ewen and donabel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Euros_Lyn_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Euros Lyn](https://film.one/media/person/46743/gallery-25e5132ede98.jpg) Euros Lyn — Image via TMDB
- ![Euros Lyn](https://film.one/media/person/46743/gallery-c6d86ef735d6.jpg) Euros Lyn — Image via TMDB

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