---
name: "Gordon Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gordon-anderson"
fi1m_id: "gordon-anderson"
imdb_id: "nm1807629"
tmdb_id: 1232732
wikidata_id: "Q5584800"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-23T04:01:55.431710+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."
---

# Gordon Anderson

## Identity

Gordon Anderson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gordon-anderson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gordon-anderson
- **IMDb ID:** nm1807629
- **TMDB ID:** 1232732
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5584800
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Anderson_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5584800, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1807629/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232732

Director. Born 1 January 1901 in Stirling, Scotland.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Stirling, Scotland
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jim Loach](https://film.one/person/jim-loach.md), [Joe Thomas](https://film.one/person/joe-thomas.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Anderson_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5584800, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1807629/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232732

## Coming up

- *The Northumbria Mysteries*, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-northumbria-mysteries.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Inbetweeners*](https://film.one/tv/the-inbetweeners.md) (84), [*Endeavour*](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Fresh Meat*](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Gordon Anderson is a British television director. He began his career in theatre, training at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and directing productions for companies including the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Court and Scottish Opera. He served as Artistic Director of ATC from 2001 to 2007.

Anderson trained as a television director with the BBC and first directed for the medium on *The Catherine Tate Show*, for which he also wrote. He has directed episodes of *Shameless* (2004), *The Inbetweeners* (2008), *Fresh Meat* (2011), *Lovesick* (2014), *Endeavour* (2013), *Silent Witness* (1996) and *The Mallorca Files* (2019). He has received BAFTA nominations for his work.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Endeavour* (2013), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md)
- *Fresh Meat* (2011), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)
- *The Inbetweeners* (2008), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-inbetweeners.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *The Mallorca Files* (2019), series, Director
- *Hoff the Record* (2015), series, Director
- *Lovesick* (2014), series, Director
- *Endeavour* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md)
- *Fresh Meat* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)
- *The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol* (2009), Writer, Director
- *The Inbetweeners* (2008), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-inbetweeners.md)
- *Suburban Shootout* (2006), series, Director
- *The Catherine Tate Show* (2004), series, Director
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Director
- *The Northumbria Mysteries*, series, Executive Producer, Director — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-northumbria-mysteries.md)
- *Rotters*, Director

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