---
name: "Thomas Napper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-napper"
fi1m_id: "thomas-napper"
imdb_id: "nm0621168"
tmdb_id: 79884
wikidata_id: "Q28865049"
roles: ["Second unit director","Director"]
born: "26 June 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-03T00:23:27.221173+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."
---

# Thomas Napper

## Identity

Thomas Napper

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomas-napper
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thomas-napper
- **IMDb ID:** nm0621168
- **TMDB ID:** 79884
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28865049
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28865049, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621168/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79884

Second unit director and director. Born 26 June 1970 in London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Second unit director, Director
- **Born:** 26 June 1970, London, England
- **Active:** 2005–2019
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 1 directing, 7 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (2), 2010s 65 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 69 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Fantasy 4, Romance 4, Drama 3, Family 3, Comedy 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,289m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28865049, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621168/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79884

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Jawbone*](https://film.one/film/jawbone.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Thomas Napper is a British film and television director. Born in London on 26 June 1970, he began his career directing shorts and music videos before working extensively as a second unit director, including on multiple films directed by Joe Wright.

Napper made his narrative feature debut with *Jawbone* (2017), a boxing drama written by and starring Johnny Harris. He has since directed episodes of series including *The Wheel of Time* and the feature *Widow Clicquot* (2024). He also directed the documentary *Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home* (2010).

His second unit credits include *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), *Atonement* (2007), *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), *Darkest Hour* (2017), *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018) and *Aladdin* (2019).

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

## On Fi1m (8)

### Directed (1)

- *Jawbone* (2017), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/jawbone.md)

### Crew (7) — the average rests on these

- *Aladdin* (2019), Fi1m 57, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/aladdin-2019.md)
- *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018), Fi1m 67, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins-returns.md)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), Fi1m 65, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast-2017.md)
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Fi1m 66, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *Into the Woods* (2014), Fi1m 65, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/into-the-woods.md)
- *Atonement* (2007), Fi1m 83, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), Fi1m 82, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/pride-and-prejudice-2005.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Widow Clicquot* (2024), Director
- *The Wheel of Time* (2021), series, Director
- *Aladdin* (2019), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/aladdin-2019.md)
- *Baptiste* (2019), series, Director
- *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins-returns.md)
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *Jawbone* (2017), Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/jawbone.md)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast-2017.md)
- *Into the Woods* (2014), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/into-the-woods.md)
- *Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home* (2012), Director
- *Atonement* (2007), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md)
- *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pride-and-prejudice-2005.md)
- *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), series, as Sir Peter Lely
- *The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz* (2000), as Man falling during 'Gripped'
- *Dead London* (1996), Director
- *The Man Who Stole Portugal*, Director

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