Born: 30th December 1970
Episodes Broadcast: 2012-2013

Saul Metzstein was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His father was Isi Metzstein, a celebrated modernist architect, and for a time the younger Metzstein was inclined to follow a similar career path. After studying architecture at Robinson College, Cambridge, however, Metzstein briefly attended film school in the United States. He then worked as a production runner on Danny Boyle's 1994 cult classic Shallow Grave -- starring future Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston -- and the 1995 drama Small Faces, after which he as a location assistant on Boyle's 1996 trendsetter Trainspotting. In 1997, Metzstein wrote and directed the short film Santa/Claws. He made several documentaries before taking the reins of the 2001 comedy Late Night Shopping, and then 2005's Guy X. Metzstein moved over to television drama with the 2009 telefilm Micro Men.

Metzstein's first experience with episodic television was the revival of Upstairs Downstairs in 2010. He was then offered an assignment on Doctor Who's 2011 season, but he already working as a second unit director on the science-fiction movie Dredd. However, Metzstein was able to join Doctor Who for its 2012-13 season, and wound up making no fewer than five episodes. Amongst them was the 2012 Christmas special, The Snowmen, and the season finale, The Name Of The Doctor, which offered viewers the first glimpse of John Hurt's War Doctor. Metzstein also directed Pond Life, the five-part prequel which set the stage for the departure of longtime companions Amy and Rory, and he performed some additional filming for their farewell episode, The Angels Take Manhattan, when original director Nick Hurran was unavailable.

Now well-established in television, the remainder of the decade saw Metzstein work on shows including The Musketeers, Ripper Street, Living The Dream and You, Me And The Apocalypse. He continued to direct second unit material for movies, such as Black Sea with Jude Law, Suffragette starring Carey Mulligan, and the Michael Fassbender mystery The Snowman. During the Twenties, Metzstein's credits came on programmes like Brassic and Slow Horses.