---
name: "John Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-anderson-2882864"
fi1m_id: "john-anderson-2882864"
imdb_id: "nm0026931"
tmdb_id: 2882864
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T13:02:56.979802+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."
---

# John Anderson

## Identity

John Anderson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-anderson-2882864
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-anderson-2882864
- **IMDb ID:** nm0026931
- **TMDB ID:** 2882864
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026931/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2882864

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1960–2000
- **Frequently works with:** [Audrey Cooke](https://film.one/person/audrey-cooke.md), [Debbie Oates](https://film.one/person/debbie-oates.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026931/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2882864

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74)

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

## Biography

John Anderson is a British television director. He has directed hundreds of episodes of the ITV soap opera *Coronation Street* since 1999, including the live episode broadcast in 2015 to mark the 60th anniversary of ITV. He has also directed episodes of *Emmerdale* (from 1998), *Heartbeat* and *Fat Friends*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Fat Friends* (2000), series, Director
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, Director
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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