---
name: "Mark Mylod"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-mylod"
fi1m_id: "mark-mylod"
imdb_id: "nm0617042"
tmdb_id: 57199
wikidata_id: "Q6768984"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "director"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-21T04:28:48.515300+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."
---

# Mark Mylod

## Identity

Mark Mylod

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-mylod
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-mylod
- **IMDb ID:** nm0617042
- **TMDB ID:** 57199
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6768984
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mylod, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6768984, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0617042/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57199

Director and producer. Born 1 January 1965 in Devon, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1965, Devon, England, UK
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Frequently works with:** [David Nutter](https://film.one/person/david-nutter.md), [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Adam McKay](https://film.one/person/adam-mckay.md), [Alex Graves](https://film.one/person/alex-graves.md), [Anthony Hemingway](https://film.one/person/anthony-hemingway.md), [Carmel Morgan](https://film.one/person/carmel-morgan.md), [Caroline Aherne](https://film.one/person/caroline-aherne.md), [Craig Zisk](https://film.one/person/craig-zisk.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as director, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (2), 2000s 69 (2), 2010s 76 (4), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 73 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 7, Drama 7, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $80m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mylod, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6768984, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0617042/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57199

## Coming up

- *Harry Potter* (2026-12-25), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/harry-potter.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Succession*](https://film.one/tv/succession.md) (88), [*The Last of Us*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md) (85), [*Game of Thrones*](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md) (82), [*Entourage*](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md) (63)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Royle Family*](https://film.one/tv/the-royle-family.md) (85), [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)
- **Disney+:** [*The Menu*](https://film.one/film/the-menu.md) (72), [*Once Upon a Time*](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md) (65)
- **Netflix:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md) (70)

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

## Fi1m on Mark Mylod

> Mark Mylod builds tension from what actors hold back. We rate his work with television ensembles more highly than his films, where the record is less consistent.

In Mark Mylod's work, the tension often comes from somebody trying to conceal what they feel. He looks for those hidden conflicts in rehearsal and builds scenes around what the actors can reveal without spelling everything out. We rate him most as a director of ensembles, attentive to vulnerability when the stakes are high. His long partnerships with showrunners matter because this kind of work benefits from knowing the characters well.

His early work in British television comedy helps explain the ease with which he moves between satire and more painful material. *The Royle Family* (1998) came before long runs on *Entourage* and the American *Shameless*, then six episodes of *Game of Thrones* between 2015 and 2017. On *Succession* (2018–2023), he became a central director and executive producer, directing 16 episodes in a long collaboration with writer and showrunner Jesse Armstrong. That sustained involvement gives us a better measure of his contribution than a list of particularly eventful episodes.

The feature work has been less consistent. *What's Your Number?* (2011) received a mixed response, while *The Menu* (2022) brought him back to cinema after eleven years. The latter's combination of satire, thriller and tragedy suits someone practised in finding tension inside performances. It is a promising use of his strengths, though one film is not enough to put the cinema work on the same footing as the television.

We were moved by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in *The Last of Us* (2023), whose performances made its ruined America worth enduring. Some supporting characters needed more space than the scripts allowed, a limit no director can simply wish away. It is the first series we are praising here; Mylod directed *Through the Valley* in the second (2025), so that enthusiasm is not a verdict on his episode. His interest in what performers can reveal under pressure makes the assignment understandable. Start with *Succession* for the sustained work with an ensemble that suits him best.

## Biography

Mark Mylod is an English director and executive producer of film and television. He began his career directing comedy programmes including *Shooting Stars*, *The Fast Show* and *The Royle Family*, for which he received two BAFTA Television Awards.

He later directed episodes of drama series such as *Entourage*, *The Affair*, *Game of Thrones* and both the British and American versions of *Shameless*. Mylod is best known for his work on the HBO series *Succession* (2018–2023), where he directed 16 episodes and served as an executive producer on 37; he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and a Directors Guild of America Award for his work on the show.

His feature films include *Ali G Indahouse* (2002), *The Big White* (2005), *What's Your Number?* (2011) and *The Menu* (2022). He also directed an episode of the second season of *The Last of Us*.

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

## On Fi1m (10)

- *The Last of Us* (2023), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *The Menu* (2022), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-menu.md)
- *Succession* (2018), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), Fi1m 65, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *Shameless* (2011), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Entourage* (2004), Fi1m 63, Director, Co-Producer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *The Royle Family* (1998), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-royle-family.md)
- *The Fast Show* (1994), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fast-show.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Harry Potter* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Director — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/harry-potter.md)
- *Mountainhead* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Last of Us* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *The Menu* (2022), Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-menu.md)
- *Amazing Stories* (2020), series, Director
- *Succession* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Minority Report* (2015), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Backstrom* (2015), series, Director
- *The Affair* (2014), series, Director
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *What's Your Number?* (2011), Director
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Shameless* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Washingtonienne* (2009), Director
- *United States of Tara* (2009), series, Director
- *Welcome to the Captain* (2008), series, Director
- *The Big White* (2005), Director
- *Entourage* (2004), series, Director, Co-Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour* (2003), Director
- *Ali G Indahouse* (2002), Director
- *Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)* (2000), series, Director
- *The Web of Caves* (1999), Director
- *The Pitch of Fear* (1999), Director
- *The Kidnappers* (1999), Director
- *Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer* (1999), series, Director
- *The Royle Family* (1998), series, Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-royle-family.md)
- *Shooting Stars: Unviewed and Nude* (1996), Director
- *The Fast Show* (1994), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fast-show.md)
- *Shooting Stars* (1993), series, Director
- *Mr Blobby* (1993), Production Manager

## Gallery

- ![Mark Mylod](https://film.one/media/person/723/gallery-d2cc909198e2.jpg) Mark Mylod — Image via TMDB
- ![Mark Mylod](https://film.one/media/person/723/gallery-f269f4ba2c6c.jpg) Mark Mylod — Image via TMDB

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