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Director on record

James Watkins

DirectorBritish Cinema3 credits
43Star power

92nd of 173 in British Cinema

2 films led, $143M in reported gross.

Gross led
60
Consistency
72
Body of work
0
Momentum
35
Audience rating
7
The biggest British Cinema names
Born
20 May 1973
Birthplace
Nottingham, England, UK
Nationality
United States
Industry
British Cinema
In their own file

James Thomas Watkins (born 20 May 1973 in Nottingham, England) is an English film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in horror films, notably Eden Lake and The Woman in Black. He wrote and directed the critically acclaimed thriller Eden Lake, starring Michael Fassbender and Kelly Reilly. It won Best Horror Film at the 2009 Empire Awards, the Jury Prize at Sitges Fantasy Festival and Best Director at Fantasporto. He was nominated for the Douglas Hickox Award at the 2008 British Independent Film Awards. Watkins has written scripts for Warner Bros., Working Title, Film4 and BBC Films. Description above from the Wikipedia James Watkins (director), article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Across the credits we hold

The record

2Blockbuster1Flop

3 of 3 credits have a verdict, together taking $221M. The biggest was The Woman in Black at $129M. The rest are still counting, or never reported a budget.

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