---
name: "Metin Hüseyin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/metin-huseyin"
fi1m_id: "metin-huseyin"
imdb_id: "nm0406177"
tmdb_id: 283184
wikidata_id: "Q6824092"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "8 February 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T11:59:57.967736+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."
---

# Metin Hüseyin

## Identity

Metin Hüseyin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/metin-huseyin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** metin-huseyin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0406177
- **TMDB ID:** 283184
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6824092
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metin_H%C3%BCseyin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6824092, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0406177/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/283184

Director. Born 8 February 1959 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 8 February 1959, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1994–2014
- **Frequently works with:** [David Evans](https://film.one/person/david-evans.md), [Justin Molotnikov](https://film.one/person/justin-molotnikov.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (1), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metin_H%C3%BCseyin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6824092, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0406177/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/283184

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75), [*Outlander*](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md) (74)

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## Biography

Metin Hüseyin is a British television and film director of Turkish-Cypriot descent. Born in 1959 in Hackney, London, he trained at the National Film and Television School, first as an animator and later as a writer-director.

His early work includes the short film *Tight Trousers* (1990), nominated for a BAFTA for Best Short Film, and episodes of comedy series such as *The All New Alexei Sayle Show*. He directed nine episodes of *Common as Muck* (1994–1997), for which he received a Royal Television Society award, and five episodes of the miniseries *The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling* (1997), which won three BAFTAs. Feature films include *Anita and Me* (2002).

Hüseyin has directed episodes of numerous series including *Merlin* (2009), *Shameless* (2010–2011), *Outlander* (2015–2016), *Marvel's Agent Carter* (2016), *Krypton* (2018–2019), *American Gods* (2021) and *The Mosquito Coast* (2022–2023).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Outlander* (2014), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *The Wrong Road* (2025), Director
- *The Mosquito Coast* (2021), series, Director
- *All Creatures Great & Small* (2020), series, Director
- *Another Life* (2019), series, Director
- *City on a Hill* (2019), series, Director
- *Krypton* (2018), series, Director
- *Britannia* (2018), series, Director
- *Knightfall* (2017), series, Director
- *Kevin (Probably) Saves the World* (2017), series, Director
- *American Gods* (2017), series, Director
- *Conviction* (2016), series, Director
- *Marvel's Agent Carter* (2015), series, Director
- *Outlander* (2014), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *Borgia* (2011), series, Director
- *Merlin* (2008), series, Director
- *Kingdom* (2007), series, Director
- *Lewis* (2007), series, Director
- *A Thing Called Love* (2004), series, Director
- *The Legend of the Tamworth Two* (2004), Director
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, Director
- *Anita and Me* (2002), Director
- *Rose and Maloney* (2002), series, Director
- *It Was an Accident* (2000), Director
- *The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling* (1997), series, Director
- *Sorry About Last Night* (1995), Director
- *Common As Muck* (1994), series, Director
- *Teenage Health Freak* (1991), series, Director
- *Tight Trousers* (1990), Director

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