---
name: "Ian White"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-white"
fi1m_id: "ian-white"
imdb_id: "nm0924880"
tmdb_id: 1229218
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:27:18.337449+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."
---

# Ian White

## Identity

Ian White

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-white
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-white
- **IMDb ID:** nm0924880
- **TMDB ID:** 1229218
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924880/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1229218

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1984–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [Paul Harrison](https://film.one/person/paul-harrison.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Audrey Cooke](https://film.one/person/audrey-cooke.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Chris Clough](https://film.one/person/chris-clough.md), [Chris Murray](https://film.one/person/chris-murray-2716243.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924880/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1229218

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Ian White is a British television director. He joined Granada Television in 1978 as a researcher and later directed episodes of *Coronation Street* from 1988 to 1992.

White has directed numerous episodes of long-running British series, including *EastEnders* (1993–2018), *The Bill* (1993–2002), *Emmerdale* (1992–2012), *Lovejoy* (1994) and *Casualty* (1994–2005).

*Sources: imdb.com, granadaland.org, eastenders.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Burnside* (2000), series, Director
- *Bad Girls* (1999), series, Director
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, Director
- *Eldorado* (1992), series, Director
- *In Suspicious Circumstances* (1991), series, Director
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director

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