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name: "Paul Riordan"
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fi1m_id: "paul-riordan"
tmdb_id: 3127084
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:32:59.109736+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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# Paul Riordan

## Identity

Paul Riordan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-riordan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-riordan
- **TMDB ID:** 3127084
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3127084

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3127084

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

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## Biography

Paul Riordan is a British television director. He began his career as a first assistant director and made his directing debut on Channel 4’s *Hollyoaks* in 2007, later becoming one of its senior directors.

He has directed numerous episodes of *Casualty* (BBC, from 2016), *Emmerdale*, *Coronation Street*, *Father Brown* and *6Degrees*. He holds a Media Professional Studies degree from Liverpool John Moores University.

Riordan’s *Casualty* episode set in a call centre won a Royal Television Society award in 2020 and received a BAFTA nomination for Best Soap/Continuing Drama.

*Sources: imdb.com, paulbyram.com, bbc.co.uk, leeds-live.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Hidden* (2023), Director
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, Director
- *Hollyoaks* (1995), series, Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

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