Euros Lyn (; born 1971) is a Welsh film and television director, best known for his work in Doctor Who, Sherlock, Black Mirror, Daredevil, His Dark Materials and Heartstopper.
Early life Lyn was born in Cardiff. His family moved to north Wales and later back south to Swansea. He was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera and studied Drama at the University of Manchester.
Career
Lyn started his career directing Welsh-language programmes broadcast on S4C, such as Pam Fi Duw?, Iechyd Da and Y Glas.
He directed nine episodes of Doctor Who and won the BAFTA Cymru award for Best Director for "Silence in the Library" and the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for "The Girl in the Fireplace". He also directed David Tennant's last episodes of Doctor Who.
In 2007, he directed the pilot of George Gently, based on the Inspector Gently novels by Alan Hunter, for BBC One. He has also directed four episodes of the long-running BBC medical drama Casualty.
In 2008, he directed the third series of Torchwood, a five part mini-series called Children of Earth.
Lyn won the BAFTA Cymru for Best Director three times, most recently for the first series of Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, which also won RTS and BAFTA Best Drama awards. He also directed Fifteen Million Merits, an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror for Channel 4, which won an International Emmy for Best Drama Series. In 2013 he directed three episodes of Broadchurch with David Tennant and Olivia Colman, and a further three episodes of the second instalment of BAFTA-winning series Last Tango in Halifax, after directing three episodes of the first series.
The crime series Happy Valley, which Lyn directed, was shown on BBC One in 2014. In 2015 the show won the BAFTA award for Best Drama Series. He also directed episodes of Gracepoint (FOX USA), Cucumber (Channel 4) and Daredevil (Netflix USA).
In 2015 Lyn received the Siân Phillips Award at the BAFTA Cymru ceremony for his contributions to the industry. In the same year, he directed the three-part BBC series Capital based on John Lanchester's novel of the same name.
In 2016 Lyn directed his first feature film, the Welsh-language , which was released with English subtitles as The Library Suicides and was based on Fflur Dafydd's book Y Llyfrgell. The film starred Ryland Teifi, Catrin Stewart, Dyfan Dwyfor and Sharon Haf Morgan.
In 2020 Lyn directed the film Dream Horse based on a true story and starring Toni Colette and Joanna Paige.
Personal life A Welsh speaker, Lyn resides in Llangennith, Gower, with his husband Craig Hughes.
Credits Year Title Notes Broadcaster 1997 Pam fi Duw? Series 1 S4C 2000 Diwrnod Hollol Mindblowing Heddiw (cy) TV movie 2000 Belonging 4 episodes BBC One Wales 2002 A Mind to Kill Episode: "The Little House in the Forest" Channel 5/S4C 2002–2003 Casualty 4 episodes BBC One 2004 Cutting It 1 episode 2005–2006;2008–2010 Doctor Who 12 episodes 2005 All About George 2 episodes ITV1 2006 Jane Hall 3 episodes 2007George Gently Pilot BBC One2008 Fairy Tales Episode: "Billy Goat" Phoo Action Pilot BBC Three 2009 Torchwood 5 episodes BBC One2010 Sherlock Episode: "The Blind Banker" Upstairs, Downstairs 2 episodes 2011 Black Mirror Episode: "Fifteen Million Merits" Channel 4 2012–2013 Last Tango in Halifax 6 episodes BBC One 2013 Broadchurch 3 episodes ITV12014 Happy Valley 3 episodes BBC One Gracepoint 2 episodes Fox 2015 Cucumber 2 episodes Channel 4 2015–2016 Daredevil 2 episodes Netflix 2015 Capital Series BBC One2016 Y Llyfrgell / The Library Suicides Film S4C, Blinc Media Damilola, Our Loved Boy TV movie BBC One 2017 Let the Right One In Pilot TNT 2018 Kiri Miniseries Channel 4 2019 His Dark Materials Episode: "The Daemon-Cage" BBC One 2020 Dream Horse Film 2022–2023 Heartstopper 16 episodes Netflix 2024 The Radleys Film 2025Wayward4 episodesNetflix2026Pride and Prejudice
References
External links
Euros Lyn at the British Film Institute