---
name: "Josie Rourke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josie-rourke"
fi1m_id: "josie-rourke"
imdb_id: "nm6066050"
tmdb_id: 1182269
wikidata_id: "Q6290774"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "3 September 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T00:31:40.399692+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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# Josie Rourke

## Identity

Josie Rourke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josie-rourke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** josie-rourke
- **IMDb ID:** nm6066050
- **TMDB ID:** 1182269
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6290774
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie_Rourke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6290774, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6066050/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1182269

Director. Born 3 September 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 3 September 1976, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie_Rourke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6290774, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6066050/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1182269

## Biography

Josie Rourke is an English theatre and film director. She was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, and studied English at New Hall, Cambridge. She trained as a resident assistant director at the Donmar Warehouse and later served as artistic director of the Bush Theatre from 2007 to 2011 and of the Donmar Warehouse from 2012 to 2019, the first woman to hold the latter post.

Rourke made her feature film debut directing *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), which received Academy Award and BAFTA nominations. She has directed numerous stage productions, including *Much Ado About Nothing* (2011) and transfers to Broadway and the West End. In 2020 she directed the episode "Her Big Chance" of the BBC series *Talking Heads*, and in 2021 she directed and co-wrote the short film *Rhythm of Life*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), Fi1m 56, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *The Nan Movie* (2022), Executive Producer, Director
- *Alan Bennett's Talking Heads* (2020), series, Director
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), Director — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *National Theatre Live: Saint Joan* (2017), Stage Director, Director
- *National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses* (2016), Stage Director, Director
- *The Vote* (2015), Director, Stage Director, Creator
- *National Theatre Live: Coriolanus* (2014), Director, Stage Director
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (2011), Director, Stage Director
- *The Custom of the Country*, Director, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Josie Rourke](https://film.one/media/person/4172382/gallery-ef63fe1c39aa.jpg) Josie Rourke — Scottish Government, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Director_Josie_Rourke_at_the_Mary_Queen_of_Scots_premiere_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Director_Josie_Rourke_at_the_Mary_Queen_of_Scots_premiere_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Josie Rourke from Donmar Warehouse (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/4172382/gallery-e9f4b3179a1f.jpg) Josie Rourke from Donmar Warehouse (2014) — Southbank Centre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Josie_Rourke.jpg/1280px-Josie_Rourke.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed director, cast and crew of the Mary Queen of Scots movie to Edinburgh Castle for a special reception and premiere. The m](https://film.one/media/person/4172382/gallery-e230108a6084.jpg) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed director, cast and crew of the Mary Queen of Scots movie to Edinburgh Castle for a special reception and premiere. The m — Scottish Government, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mary_Queen_of_Scots_premiere_%2831825264597%29.jpg/1280px-Mary_Queen_of_Scots_premiere_%2831825264597%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed director, cast and crew of the Mary Queen of Scots movie to Edinburgh Castle for a special reception and premiere. The m](https://film.one/media/person/4172382/gallery-9b84bdb3b710.jpg) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed director, cast and crew of the Mary Queen of Scots movie to Edinburgh Castle for a special reception and premiere. The m — Scottish Government, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Mary_Queen_of_Scots_premiere_%2832891216208%29.jpg/1280px-Mary_Queen_of_Scots_premiere_%2832891216208%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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