James Watkins

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-05-20 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Nottingham, England, UK

James Watkins

Biography

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...

Production

2009

The Descent: Part 2

as Screenplay

2008

Eden Lake

as Director

2008

Eden Lake

as Writer

2012

2016

Bastille Day

as Director

2016

Bastille Day

as Writer

2009

The Descent: Part 2

as Second Unit Director

2006

Gone

as Writer

2002

My Little Eye

as Screenplay

2024

Speak No Evil

as Writer

2024

Speak No Evil

as Director

2000

Look

as Writer

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Methuselah

as Writer

2026

Clayface

as Director

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