James Erskine

Episodes Broadcast: 2006

Biography

James Erskine was a winner of the Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge in 1994, with a script called Hippy Critical. Soon thereafter, he began directing and producing factual programmes like Omnibus, Tate Modern and The Human Face. Erskine moved into television drama with episodes of Holby City and EastEnders in 2002. His first film was the 2004 thriller EMR, which he co-wrote, co-directed and produced. Erskine's other directorial outings during the decade included Random Shoes, an adventure for the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, as well as installments of Robin Hood and Waterloo Road. Throughout the 2010s, he continued to variously write, direct and produce; his focus largely returned to documentary filmmaking, such as the football retrospective One Night In Turin and the cricket biopic Sachin. During the Twenties, Erskine directed the true-crime film Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard.

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Director
Random Shoes

Updated 20th May 2023