---
name: "Suri Krishnamma"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/suri-krishnamma"
fi1m_id: "suri-krishnamma"
imdb_id: "nm0471461"
tmdb_id: 158634
wikidata_id: "Q16194144"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "10 May 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:39:54.295063+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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# Suri Krishnamma

## Identity

Suri Krishnamma

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/suri-krishnamma
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** suri-krishnamma
- **IMDb ID:** nm0471461
- **TMDB ID:** 158634
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16194144
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suri_Krishnamma, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16194144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158634

Director. Born 10 May 1961 in Shanklin.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 10 May 1961, Shanklin
- **Active:** 1986–1998
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suri_Krishnamma, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16194144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158634

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Suri Krishnamma is a British film and television director and writer. Born on 10 May 1961 in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, he studied photography, film and television at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design before completing the directing course at the National Film and Television School.

He is known for feature films including *A Man of No Importance* (1994), *New Year's Day* (2000) and *Dark Tourist* (2012), and for television dramas such as *A Respectable Trade* (1998) and *The Cazalets* (2001). Krishnamma has directed episodes of long-running series including *Casualty*, *Emmerdale*, *Coronation Street*, *Hollyoaks* and *Holby City*. He is a professor of film at Norwich University of the Arts and has received three BAFTA nominations and an RTS award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nfts.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *The Librarians: The Next Chapter* (2025), series, Director
- *Hope Street* (2021), series, Director
- *The Way Out* (2020), Director
- *Iron Men* (2017), Director
- *The Grief Tourist* (2013), Director
- *Bad Karma* (2012), Director
- *Locked In* (2010), Director
- *Good Sharma* (2010), Director
- *Cold Blood* (2005), series, Director
- *Sea of Souls* (2004), series, Director
- *Wuthering Heights* (2003), Director
- *Blue Murder* (2003), series, Director
- *Rockface* (2002), series, Director
- *Outside the Rules* (2002), series, Director
- *New Year's Day* (2001), Director
- *The Cazalets* (2001), series, Director
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, Director
- *Holby City* (1999), series, Director
- *A Respectable Trade* (1998), series, Director
- *The Chest* (1997), Director
- *The Place of the Dead* (1997), Director
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, Director
- *Hollyoaks* (1995), series, Director
- *The Turnaround* (1995), Director
- *Sharman* (1995), series, Director
- *A Man of No Importance* (1994), Director
- *O Mary This London* (1994), Director
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, Director
- *South of the Border* (1988), series, Director
- *Water's Edge* (1988), Director
- *A View from a Window* (1987), Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Director
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Director

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