Ben Wheatley
Born: 7th May 1972 (as Benjamin Wheatley)
Episodes Broadcast: 2014
Ben Wheatley was born in Billericay, Essex. He was an avid viewer of
Doctor Who as a child, notably during the period when Tom Baker
played the Fourth Doctor. While he was a teenager, Wheatley met Amy
Jump; she would become his wife and his frequent collaborator. During
the early twenty-first century, they garnered attention for their
numerous short films and animations. This led Wheatley to find work as
both a writer and a director on shows like Time Trumpet,
Modern Toss, The Wrong Door and Ideal. In 2009, he
directed his first feature film: the crime drama Down Terrace.
More movies followed during the early 2010s, including Kill List
and Sightseers.
By this time, Wheatley and Jump had a son, who had become a Doctor
Who fan like his father. Wheatley was eager to work on a project
that they could enjoy as a family, and so he asked his agent to make
inquiries with the Doctor Who production team. As a result,
Wheatley was brought aboard Peter Capaldi's first two adventures as the
Twelfth Doctor: 2014's Deep
Breath and Into The
Dalek. The following year, he directed the movie adaptation
High-Rise starring Tom Hiddleston, based upon the same JG Ballard
novel which had directly inspired 1987's Paradise Towers. Other work
included the ensemble movie Free Fire with Brie Larson and
Cillian Murphy, as well as three episodes of the period drama Strange
Angel. Amongst Wheatley's work during the Twenties was a remake of
the gothic thriller Rebecca, plus the horror movie In The
Earth, which he also wrote.
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