James Hawes
Episodes Broadcast: 2005-2006
Although James Hawes was born in Wimbledon, London, his father's work in
mining meant that he spent some of his early years in South America.
Hawes studied law at the University of Warwick, where he also became
involved with the student drama society as a director and an actor.
Following his graduation, he formed the Young Shakespeare Company, while
also working in factual programming for the BBC, including episodes of
Crimewatch UK. In 1990, Hawes directed Prince Charles in the
documentary The Earth In Balance. Later in the decade, he began
to move into drama, initially with several episodes of The Bill
and then Holby City.
During the early years of the twenty-first century, Hawes directed for
shows like The Mrs Bradley Mysteries, Always And Everyone
and Sea Of Souls for producer Phil Collinson. When Collinson
moved to Doctor Who, Hawes was high on the list of directors to
recruit. He initially made 2005's The Empty Child / The Doctor
Dances, which starred Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor
and introduced John Barrowman's perennially-popular Captain Jack
Harkness. Over the next year, Hawes directed three of David Tennant's
first four adventures as the Tenth Doctor, including his debut in the
first-ever Doctor Who holiday special, The Christmas Invasion.
It was then planned that Hawes would both produce and direct the
Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, with Barrowman starring as
Captain Jack. However, when the start of production was delayed by four
months, he decided to step away from the project in order to focus on
directing, including episodes of Fanny Hill and Merlin. He
was replaced on Torchwood by Richard Stokes. Amongst Hawes'
credits during the 2010s were Mad Dogs, The Mill, Penny
Dreadful and Black Mirror. During the Twenties, he was the
executive producer of Snowpiercer and Slow Horses, and
directed for both.
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