Benjamin Caron

Benjamin Caron (born 2 July 1976) [1]) is a BAFTA-nominated[2] English television director.

Background

Born in the West Midlands, Caron began his television career making factual programmes and entertainment programmes and music videos for a number of artists including Jay-Z.[3] In 2006, he paired up with Derren Brown to direct a one-hour special for Channel 4, titled The Heist,[4] which was nominated for a BAFTA in the Best Entertainment Programme[5] category.

Caron moved on to direct a range of television drama which includes Scott and Bailey,[6] Skins and My Mad Fat Diary. His first single film, a biopic for ITV1 and Leftbank Pictures, titled Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This, was filmed in 2013. Caron directed the final, feature-length episodes of the Wallander (2016), the multi BAFTA and Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated series starring Kenneth Branagh.

In 2015 Caron re-teamed with Kenneth Branagh in directing the cinematic broadcast of the actor and director's theatre production of The Winter's Tale, broadcast live to more than 1,500 screens worldwide.[7] In 2016 he directed two episodes of the Netflix series The Crown, written by Peter Morgan and starring Claire Foy, Matt Smith and John Lithgow.[8] In 2017, he directed "The Final Problem", the last episode of the fourth series of Sherlock. He will bring Branagh's Romeo and Juliet to the cinema screens.[9]

References
  1. Caron, Ben. "Ben Caron". Ben Caron Official Website. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. Plunkett, John. "Bafta nominations announced". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. "Q & A with Benjamin Caron, Director". Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. "Derren Brown – The Heist". Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. https://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/stars-look-forward-to-bafta-awards-311431.html
  6. Heminsley, Alexandra. "Have you been watching … Scott & Bailey?". The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  7. Hutchison, David. "Kenneth Branagh's The Winter's Tale tops UK cinema box office with £1.1m sales". The STage. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  8. "The Crown (2016– ) Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  9. "Directing the last episode of Sherlock and bringing Branagh's Romeo and Juliet from the West End to the cinema – we talk to director Benjamin Caron". thisislocallondon. Retrieved 25 August 2016.



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