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name: "Isher Sahota"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/isher-sahota"
fi1m_id: "isher-sahota"
tmdb_id: 3373706
roles: ["Director"]
born: "7 June 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:59:23.009901+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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# Isher Sahota

## Identity

Isher Sahota

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/isher-sahota
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** isher-sahota
- **TMDB ID:** 3373706
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3373706

Director. Born 7 June 1991 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 7 June 1991, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3373706

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Run Away*](https://film.one/tv/run-away.md) (68)

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## Fi1m on Isher Sahota

> Isher Sahota is a capable thriller director whose insistence on pace can become tiring. *Run Away* holds our attention, but its family troubles need quieter handling if we are to take them seriously.

In *Run Away* (2026), a family disclosure soon gives way to another urgent question. Isher Sahota shares directing duties with Nimer Rashed, and they understand how to keep this sort of programme moving. The trouble is the insistence that every development matters enormously. We grew tired of it: the editing leaves too little relief from the melodrama for the family troubles to feel credible. Sahota comes across as a capable thriller director who could usefully ease off.

His early shorts include *Singularity* (2016) and *Jinn* (2017), followed by more than 30 episodes of *Doctors* (2018–2020). That stretch of continuing drama helps explain the decisiveness and emphasis on pace. Episodes of *Father Brown* (2022) and *Grace* (2023) came before the Harlan Coben adaptations *Missing You* (2025) and *Run Away*. These assignments have given him considerable practice at keeping a serial story going.

*The Effects of Lying* (2023) takes him into comedy-drama about British Asian family life. It was his first feature-length project under his own production company. Producer Jon Tarcy, a co-founder of Bonaparte Films, is a recurring collaborator. *Goodnight Henry* (2022), with its mixture of comedy, drama and thriller elements, also suggests that Sahota's interests extend beyond keeping a mystery busy.

The strongest reason to persist with *Run Away* is James Nesbitt, who keeps it involving even when the twists become difficult to believe. The family secrets carry some weight, but the performances cannot always withstand the melodramatic handling. Sahota and Rashed maintain momentum at the expense of quieter passages that might make those disclosures easier to take seriously. Start with *Run Away* if family-secret thrillers are your preference; patience with melodrama will be useful.

## Biography

Isher Sahota is a British television and film director. Born in Hereford, he began his career directing short films including *Singularity* (2016) and *Jinn* (2017), and worked on series such as *Doctors* and *Hollyoaks* before moving to higher-profile drama.

His television directing credits include episodes of *Father Brown* (2013), *McDonald & Dodds* (2020), *Grace* (2021), *Ridley* (2024), *Missing You* (2025) and *Run Away* (2026), the latter two being Harlan Coben adaptations for Netflix.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Run Away* (2026), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/run-away.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Run Away* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/run-away.md)
- *Missing You* (2025), series, Director
- *The Effects of Lying* (2023), Director
- *Goodnight Henry* (2022), Director
- *Grace* (2021), series, Director
- *McDonald & Dodds* (2020), series, Director
- *The Saint of Southall* (2020), Director, Writer
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, Director
- *The Woods*, series, Director

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