---
name: "Jamie Childs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jamie-childs"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T15:53:15.273571+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."
---

# Jamie Childs

Director. Born in Shotton Colliery, County Durham.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Edward Bazalgette](https://film.one/person/edward-bazalgette.md), [Farren Blackburn](https://film.one/person/farren-blackburn.md), [Lawrence Gough](https://film.one/person/lawrence-gough.md), [Lee Haven-Jones](https://film.one/person/lee-haven-jones.md), [Peter Hoar](https://film.one/person/peter-hoar.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59385029, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3741255/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1855111

## Coming up

- *Below* (2026-10-08), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/below.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Vera*](https://film.one/tv/vera.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Jamie Childs is a British television and film director. He began his career directing commercials after winning a competition to create a promotional video for Patricia Cornwell’s novel *Book of the Dead*, which aired on Channel 5. His early drama work included short films and second unit directing on series such as *Poldark*.

Childs’s first major television directing credits came on *Vera* for ITV in 2016 and 2017. He subsequently directed four episodes of *Doctor Who* in 2018, including the premiere of Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor in *The Woman Who Fell to Earth*. He has also directed episodes of *His Dark Materials*, *The Sandman* (for which he served as executive producer on multiple seasons) and *Willow*.

Childs is attached to direct episodes of the forthcoming series *Below* (2026), on which he is also an executive producer. His feature directing credits include *Jackdaw* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, directorsnow.com, shannonsullivan.com, independenttalent.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Vera* (2011), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Poldark* (2015), Fi1m 77, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/poldark.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Below* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Director — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/below.md)
- *Jackdaw* (2024), Writer, Producer, Director
- *Willow* (2022), series, Director
- *The Sandman* (2022), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell to Earth* (2018), Director
- *Next of Kin* (2018), series, Director
- *Stan Lee's Lucky Man* (2016), series, Director
- *Poldark* (2015), series, Second Unit Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/poldark.md)
- *The Bond* (2012), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Vera* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, Director

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