---
name: "Neil Alderton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/neil-alderton"
fi1m_id: "neil-alderton"
imdb_id: "nm1768150"
tmdb_id: 1817394
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:08.597093+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."
---

# Neil Alderton

## Identity

Neil Alderton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/neil-alderton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** neil-alderton
- **IMDb ID:** nm1768150
- **TMDB ID:** 1817394
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1768150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1817394

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1960–1985
- **Frequently works with:** [Afia Nkrumah](https://film.one/person/afia-nkrumah.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Audrey Cooke](https://film.one/person/audrey-cooke.md), [Clive Arnold](https://film.one/person/clive-arnold.md), [Daran Little](https://film.one/person/daran-little.md), [Gerald Blake](https://film.one/person/gerald-blake.md), [Gill Wilkinson](https://film.one/person/gill-wilkinson.md), [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 74 (1), 1980s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1768150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1817394

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74), [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Neil Alderton is a British television director. He began working on Granada drama productions after winning a 2004 talent initiative that provided a year's mentoring with a view to directing on *Coronation Street* and *Emmerdale*.

He has directed numerous episodes of *Coronation Street* (from 2004), *Emmerdale* (from 2005) and *EastEnders* (from 2016). Alderton has also directed short films including *Vacuum* (2009) and *Blink* (2010), as well as episodes of factual series such as *Crimes That Shook Britain* (2012).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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