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Brian Welsh is an award-winning British film director and writer whose work spans feature film and prestige television.
He is currently in the later stages of post-production on ‘The Return of Stanley Atwell’, a £12 million mystery thriller he wrote and directed, starring Nicholas Galitzine, Ella Purnell, and Damian Lewis. The film marks Brian’s second collaboration with Oscar-winning producer-director Steven Soderbergh (‘Ocean’s Eleven’, ‘Sex, Lies, and Videotape’, ‘Erin Brockovich’, ‘Traffic’), and his second with Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning producer Liza Marshall (Hera pictures- ‘Hamnet’). Alongside his feature work, Brian holds a first-look television development deal with BBC Studios, partnering with talent to create and nurture cinematic television with global appeal.
Before Atwell, Brian was lead director and executive producer on ‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’, a bold coming-of-age limited series that earned numerous BAFTA nominations, including Best Limited Drama, and Royal Television Society nominations, including Best Director for Brian. The series was acquired by Amazon in the US.
His earlier feature ‘Beats’, an acclaimed crime comedy set against the Scottish rave scene, won Lorn Macdonald Best Actor at the Scottish BAFTAs and earned Brian a Best Director nomination. It also took craft prizes at the British Independent Film Awards and a Best Screenplay nomination at the Writers’ Guild Awards.
Brian is also known as the director of ‘The Entire History of You’, widely ranked among the finest Black Mirror episodes and regarded as a benchmark for the series that followed. As one of the show’s founding directors, he helped launch it at Channel 4, where its first season won the International Emmy for Best TV Movie/Mini-Series, before Netflix acquired the show and turned it into a global phenomenon.
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date:Production (role): THE RETURN OF STANLEY ATWELLCompany: Hera PicturesProject details: In Production
Executive Produced by Steven Soderbergh -
Date: 2019Production (role): BEATS (Co-Writer / Director)Company: Rosetta Productions / Creative Scotland / AltitudeProject details: Co-written feature with playwright Kieran Hurley.
Went to Rotterdam, Slamdance, Dublin, Glasgow and Belfast.
Won Hamilton Behind the Camera Award – Torino Film Festival 2019.
Lorn MacDonald won Best Actor in a Film at BAFTA Scotland Awards 2019 for Beats.
Won International Student Award at Films By The Sea 2019.
Won Best Cinematography at British Independent Film Award 2019.
Won Best Sound at British Independent Film Award 2019.
Nom. Best Debut Screenwriter at British Independent Film Award 2019.
Nom. Best Music at British Independent Film Award 2019.
Lorn Macdonald Nom. Most Promising Newcomer at British Independent Film Award 2019.
Nominated for Best Director at BAFTA Scotland Awards 2019
Nom. Best Screenplay Award at Writers' Guild Awards 2019.
Nom. Music Movies Competition Award at Cleveland International Film Festival 2019.
Nom. Critics Award at Hamburg Film Festival 2019.
Nom. Emeric Pressburger Prize at Jameson CineFest 2019.
Nom. Propeller of Motovun at Motovun Film Festival 2019.
Nom. IFFR Audience Award at Rotterdam International Film Festival.
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Date: 2010Production (role): IN OUR NAME (Writer / Director)Company: Escape Films / A10 Films / Artificial EyeProject details: Winner of Most Promising Newcomer (Joanne Froggatt) at BIFA's 2010
Nominated for Best Achievement in Production at BIFA's 2010
Nominated Best British Newcomer at BFI London Film Festival 2010
Winner of Golden Zenith at Montreal World Film Festival 2011
Munich Film Festival 2011
Broadcast on Sky and BBC
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date: 2025Production (role): WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL
Company: Hera Pictures / BBCProject details: Lead director & Exec Producer
Nominated for Best Limited Drama at BAFTA TV Awards 2026
Nominated for Best Director - Fiction at RTS Craft & Design Award
Nominated for Best Limited Series and Single Drama at RTS Television Awards 2026
Nominated for Best Drama Programme at Broadcast Digital Awards 2026 -
Date: 2016Production (role): THE RACK PACK (Director)Company: Zeppotron / BBC iPlayerProject details: First feature film for iPlayer, also transmitted on BBC2
Wr. Shaun Pye, Mark Chappell, Alan Connor
Nominated for Best Director at RTS Scotland Awards 2016 -
Date: 2014Production (role): GLASGOW GIRLS (Co-Writer/ Director)Company: Minnow / BBCProject details: Single Film
Wr. Joe Barton
Winner Best Drama at BAFTA Scotland Awards 2015
Winner Best Drama at RTS Scotland Awards 2015
Winner Best Original Programme at Broadcast Awards 2015
Winner Civis Media Prize 2015 for European Civis Television Prize in the Fictional Category -
Date: 2013Production (role): THE ESCAPE ARTIST (Director)Company: Endor / BBC 1Project details: Three part drama
Wr. David Wolstencroft
Exec. Prod. Hilary Bevan-Jones
Starring David Tennant and Toby Kebbell
David Tennant winner of Best Actor at Scottish BAFTA Awards
David Tennant nominated for Best Actor for TV Choice Awards 2014 -
Date: 2013Production (role): MAYDAY (Director)Company: Kudos / BBC 1Project details: Five part drama
Wrs. Ben Court and Caroline Ip
Prod. Chris Fry
Starring Aidan Gillen and Sophie Okonedo -
Date: 2011Production (role): BLACK MIRROR: THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF YOU (Director)Company: Zeppotron / Channel 4Project details: Wr. Jesse Armstrong
Winner Best TV Movie/Mini-Series at International Emmy Awards 2012
Winner Peabody Award
Winner Best Comedy (Golden Rose) at Rose D'Or Light Entertainment Festival 2012
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DateProduction (role)Company
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Date: 2009Production (role): KIN (Writer / Director)Company: NFTS
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EDUCATION:
MA in Film Editing; National Film and Television School 2008