---
name: "Julian Farino"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julian-farino"
fi1m_id: "julian-farino"
imdb_id: "nm0267497"
tmdb_id: 173667
wikidata_id: "Q15500352"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "12 December 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "director"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-07T17:01:28.119338+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."
---

# Julian Farino

## Identity

Julian Farino

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julian-farino
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julian-farino
- **IMDb ID:** nm0267497
- **TMDB ID:** 173667
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15500352
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Farino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15500352, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267497/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/173667

Director and producer. Born 12 December 1965 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 12 December 1965, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Craig Zisk](https://film.one/person/craig-zisk.md), [Ken Whittingham](https://film.one/person/ken-whittingham.md), [Michael Spiller](https://film.one/person/michael-spiller.md), [Tucker Gates](https://film.one/person/tucker-gates.md), [Alan Poul](https://film.one/person/alan-poul.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Charles McDougall](https://film.one/person/charles-mcdougall.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as director, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (4), 2010s 81 (3), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 73 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 3, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Farino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15500352, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267497/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/173667

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Rome*](https://film.one/tv/rome.md) (82), [*Big Love*](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md) (79), [*Entourage*](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md) (63)
- **Netflix:** [*Giri/Haji*](https://film.one/tv/giri-haji.md) (84), [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Marvellous*](https://film.one/film/marvellous.md) (82)
- **Peacock:** [*The Office*](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) (77)
- **Apple TV:** [*Amadeus*](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md) (70)

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## Fi1m on Julian Farino

> Julian Farino is a patient director of actors, alert to human frailty and reluctant to judge it. We value that care, though *Amadeus* suggests he sometimes gives conversations more time than they need.

In *Amadeus* (2025), Salieri knows enough about music to hear precisely how much better another composer is. Paul Bettany makes that knowledge hurt, and Julian Farino, directing alongside Alice Seabright, gives him time to do it. We found Salieri's predicament painful because Bettany lets us understand the jealousy rather than simply disapprove of it. Gabrielle Creevy's Constanze is worth following in her own right, too. Farino is a director we value for this attention to people, though here he sometimes lets their conversations go on too long.

His beginnings in observational documentaries help explain that habit of looking at human frailty without rushing to condemn it. The move into drama took in *Our Mutual Friend* (1998) and *Bob & Rose* (2001), before American television became a substantial part of the work. He directed the majority of the first three seasons of *Entourage* (2004), and later moved between the feature *The Oranges* (2011), the television film *Marvellous* (2014) and the series *Giri/Haji* (2019). That adaptability interests us less than his recurring concern with how people behave when they fall short.

The trouble in *Amadeus* is knowing when to move on. Across five episodes, the exchanges between the composers begin to repeat themselves. Morgan Kennedy's production design suits the programme's theatrical manner, but the lavish surroundings sometimes distract from the conflict. Farino and Seabright are more convincing when Bettany and Creevy have our attention without competing with the display.

Bryce Dessner contributes music, but the directors give Mozart's work too little time to affect us before the next conversation explains its importance. That is a frustrating choice from filmmakers otherwise so willing to let a scene take its time. Farino directed three of the five episodes, so neither the credit nor the blame should be his alone. Try *Amadeus* for Bettany and Creevy, rather than for an uninterrupted evening with Mozart.

## Biography

Julian Farino is an English television and film director. Born in London, he was educated at the University of Cambridge and began his career directing documentaries for Granada Television, including *One of the Girls* about drag queens in Manchester and *The Gift*, set at Chetham's College of Music.

Farino has directed episodes of series including *Sex and the City* (2004), *Entourage* (2004–2009), *Rome* (2005), *The Office* (US, 2005), *In Treatment* (2008), *The Newsroom* (2012), *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013) and *Ballers* (2015–2018). His feature film credits include *The Oranges* (2011) and *The Union* (2024). In 2025 he directed three episodes of the Sky Atlantic miniseries *Amadeus*, on which he also served as co-creator and executive producer.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Amadeus* (2025), Fi1m 70, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md)
- *Giri/Haji* (2019), Fi1m 84, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/giri-haji.md)
- *Marvellous* (2014), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/marvellous.md)
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Big Love* (2006), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Rome* (2005), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *The Office* (2005), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Entourage* (2004), Fi1m 63, Supervising Producer, Director, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Amadeus* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md)
- *The Union* (2024), Director
- *Florida Man* (2023), series, Director
- *Giri/Haji* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/giri-haji.md)
- *The Child in Time* (2018), Director
- *Ballers* (2015), series, Director
- *Marvellous* (2014), Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/marvellous.md)
- *21 Up New Generation* (2014), Director
- *Hello Ladies* (2013), series, Director
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, Director
- *The Oranges* (2011), Director
- *How to Make It in America* (2010), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *14 Up 2000* (2007), series, Director
- *Big Love* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Rome* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *The Office* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Entourage* (2004), series, Director, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)
- *Byron* (2003), Director
- *Byron* (2003), series, Director
- *Flesh and Blood* (2002), Director
- *Bob & Rose* (2001), series, Director
- *7 Up 2000* (2000), Director
- *The Last Yellow* (1999), Director
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, Director
- *Our Mutual Friend* (1998), series, Director
- *Wokenwell* (1997), series, Director
- *Out of the Blue* (1995), series, Director
- *In Suspicious Circumstances* (1991), series, Director
- *Allsorts* (1987), series, Director

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