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name: "Ian Watson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-watson-141689"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T17:04:48.867553+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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# Ian Watson

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114918608, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914663/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141689

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Farscape*](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md) (82)

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## Biography

Ian Watson is an Australian television director. He directed fifteen episodes of the science-fiction series *Farscape* between 1999 and 2002.

Watson has directed extensively in Australian television, including multiple episodes of *Home and Away* (2016–2026), *Dance Academy* (2012–2013), *House Husbands* (2013–2017) and *Underbelly* (2008). His feature film *Unsound* (2020) received a jury award at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.

*Sources: imdb.com, farscape.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Farscape* (1999), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *MaveriX* (2022), series, Director
- *Doctor Doctor* (2016), series, Director
- *ANZAC Girls* (2014), series, Director
- *Killing Time* (2011), series, Director
- *Dance Academy* (2010), series, Director
- *Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story* (2010), Director
- *Rescue: Special Ops* (2009), series, Director
- *Carla Cametti PD* (2009), series, Director
- *Canal Road* (2008), series, Director
- *East of Everything* (2008), series, Director
- *Underbelly* (2008), series, Director
- *Satisfaction* (2007), series, Director
- *Tripping Over* (2006), series, Director
- *headLand* (2005), series, Director
- *BlackJack: In the Money* (2005), Director
- *BlackJack* (2003), series, Director
- *Epoch: Evolution* (2003), Director
- *White Collar Blue* (2002), series, Director
- *Farscape* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)
- *SeaChange* (1998), series, Director
- *All Saints* (1998), series, Director
- *Wildside* (1997), series, Director
- *State Coroner* (1997), series, Director
- *Murder Call* (1997), series, Director
- *The Wayne Manifesto* (1997), series, Director
- *And a Fire Engine to Go with the Dog* (1991), Director, Writer
- *The Cobblers of Umbridge* (1973), Director

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