---
name: "Tom Cotter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-cotter"
fi1m_id: "tom-cotter"
imdb_id: "nm5880521"
tmdb_id: 1343721
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:33:34.993047+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."
---

# Tom Cotter

## Identity

Tom Cotter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-cotter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-cotter
- **IMDb ID:** nm5880521
- **TMDB ID:** 1343721
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5880521/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1343721

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5880521/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1343721

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Tom Cotter is a British television director and producer. He directed episodes of the medical drama series *Casualty* in 1993.

His other directing credits include *Floodtide* (1987–1988), multiple episodes of *The Bill* (1990–1999), *Heartbeat* (1995–1997) and *Ballykissangel* (1998). As a producer, he worked on *The Ray Bradbury Theater* (1988–1992) and *M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team* (2003).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Forest Man* (2013), Producer
- *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), Actor's Assistant — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md)

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