Tom Shankland

Tom Shankland
Born	Thomas Otto Shankland 7 May 1968[1] Durham, England, UK[2]
Occupation	Film and television director screenwriter
Years active	1995–present

Thomas Otto "Tom" Shankland (born 7 May 1968) is an English film and television director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films WΔZ (2007) and The Children (2008), and television series such as The Fades (2011), Ripper Street (2012), and The Missing (2014); for the latter, he was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special.^[3] He has also been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film twice, for Bait (1999) and Going Down (2000).

Filmography

Film

• Bubbles (1998; short)
• Bait (1999; short)
• Going Down (2000; short)
• WΔZ (2007)
• The Children (2008)

Television

• Hearts and Bones (2000; episode: "Once There Was a Way to Get Back Home")
• Clocking Off (2001; 3 episodes)
• No Night Is Too Long (2002; television film)
• Family Business (2004; episode "1.01")
• Jericho (2005; episode: "The Hollow Men")
• Agatha Christie's Marple (2006–10; 2 episodes)
• The Fades (2011; 3 episodes)
• Dirk Gently (2012; 3 episodes)
• Ripper Street (2012; 4 episodes)
• The Missing (2014; 8 episodes)
• Wicked City (2015; episode: "Pilot")
• The Leftovers (2015; 1 episode)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2000	BAFTA Awards	Best Short Film (shared with Soledad Gatti-Pascual and Jane Harris)	Bait	Nominated
	Newport International Film Festival	Best Short		Won
	London Film Festival	TCM Prize	Going Down	2nd Place
2001	BAFTA Awards	Best Short Film (shared with Soledad Gatti-Pascual and Jane Harris)		Nominated
2007	Sitges Film Festival	Best Film	WΔZ	Nominated
2009	Fantasia International Film Festival	Special Mention	The Children	Won
	Sitges Film Festival	Best Film		Nominated
	Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival	Best of Bucheon		Nominated
	Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival	Narcisse Award for Best Feature a Film		Nominated
2010	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Best Screenplay (shared with Paul Andrew Williams)		Nominated
2013	BAFTA Awards	Best Drama Series (shared with Richard Warlow, Will Gould and Stephen Smallwood)	Ripper Street	Nominated
2015	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special	The Missing	Nominated

References

1. "Ole-Stander-Morville". Genealogy.com.
2. Hodgson, Barbara (November 21, 2008). "Tom Shankland to launch The Children". The Journal.
3. "Emmy Award Nominations: Full List of 2015 Emmy Nominees". Variety. July 16, 2015.

External links

• Tom Shankland at the Internet Movie Database