Andrew Gunn
Episodes Broadcast: 2010
After graduating from film school, Staffordshire-born Andrew Gunn
embarked upon a career in television as a member of the camera crew.
Eager to direct, he made a number of short films starting in the late
Eighties, and would occasionally take on the duties of writer and
producer as well. Gunn's first taste of work as a television director
came on the sitcom Green Wing in 2003; although he did not wind
up earning an on-screen acknowledgment, he made substantial
contributions to its visual style. As it turned out, Gunn had to wait
until the following year to earn his first directing credit, on an
episode of Coming Up. He worked steadily as a director throughout
the remainder of the decade, on programmes such as Life On Mars,
Primeval and Survivors.
Gunn was then recruited for two Doctor Who stories during Matt
Smith's first season as the Eleventh Doctor, broadcast in 2010. The Beast Below introduced
Sophie Okonedo's memorable monarch, Liz 10, while Victory Of The Daleks launched a
controversial redesign of its eponymous monsters. The Beast Below also provided
Gunn with the opportunity to work with his children, Iola and Olen, who
played two of the pupils in the opening scene. Amongst his credits
during the remainder of the decade were Waterloo Road, Wild At
Heart, Wolfblood, and more than two dozen episodes of
Hollyoaks. In the Twenties, Gunn directed several installments of
the youth-oriented thriller Get Even.
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