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name: "Thaddeus O'Sullivan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thaddeus-osullivan"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "2 May 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:53:11.845086+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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# Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Director. Born 2 May 1947 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 2 May 1947, Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 2011–2013
- **Frequently works with:** [Ann Cleeves](https://film.one/person/ann-cleeves.md), [Christiana Ebohon-Green](https://film.one/person/christiana-ebohon-green.md), [Claire Winyard](https://film.one/person/claire-winyard.md), [Delyth Thomas](https://film.one/person/delyth-thomas.md), [Gaby Chiappe](https://film.one/person/gaby-chiappe.md), [Lee Haven-Jones](https://film.one/person/lee-haven-jones.md), [Paul Logue](https://film.one/person/paul-logue.md), [Peter Hoar](https://film.one/person/peter-hoar.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as director, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Mystery 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaddeus_O%27Sullivan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3985417, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642823/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72467

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Vera*](https://film.one/tv/vera.md) (72), [*Shetland*](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md) (62)
- **Netflix:** [*Call the Midwife*](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Thaddeus O'Sullivan is an Irish film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. Born in Dublin in 1947, he trained at the Ealing School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. In the 1970s and 1980s he worked in experimental and independent Irish cinema, co-founding the Spectre Productions collective and serving as cinematographer on films including *Anne Devlin* (1984) and *On the Black Hill* (1987).

As a director his feature films include *December Bride* (1990), *Nothing Personal* (1995), *Ordinary Decent Criminal* (2000) and *The Miracle Club* (2023). He has directed multiple episodes of British television series, among them *Vera* (2013–2014), *Call the Midwife* (2014–2015) and *Shetland* (2016). *December Bride* received awards including the Special Jury Prize at the 1990 European Film Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Vera* (2011), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *The Miracle Club* (2023), Director
- *Hidden Assets* (2021), series, Creator
- *Citizen Lane* (2018), Director
- *Maigret* (2016), series, Director
- *The Crimson Field* (2014), series, Director
- *Amber* (2014), series, Director
- *Shetland* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Stella Days* (2012), Director, Producer
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Vera* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Into the Storm* (2009), Director
- *Island at War* (2004), series, Director
- *The Heart of Me* (2004), Director
- *Ordinary Decent Criminal* (2000), Director
- *Witness to the Mob* (1998), Director
- *Nothing Personal* (1996), Director
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Director
- *Tell Tale Hearts* (1992), Director
- *December Bride* (1990), Screenplay, Director
- *Ladder of Swords* (1990), Director of Photography
- *4 Play* (1989), series, Director
- *The Road to God Knows Where* (1988), Director of Photography
- *The Love Child* (1988), Director of Photography
- *On the Black Hill* (1988), Director of Photography
- *The Woman Who Married Clark Gable* (1985), Director
- *Assembled Memories: Jack B. Yeats, 1871-1957* (1985), Director
- *Waterbag* (1984), Cinematography
- *Anne Devlin* (1984), Cinematography
- *Pigs* (1984), Lighting Camera
- *Atlantean* (1984), Camera Operator
- *Elizabeth Maconchy* (1984), Additional Photography
- *Our Boys* (1981), Cinematography
- *On a Paving Stone Mounted* (1978), Writer, Director
- *A Pint of Plain* (1975), Writer, Director
- *Flanagan* (1974), Director, Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- European Film Academy Special Jury Award 1990: European Film Academy Special Jury Award (won), for *December Bride*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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