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Molly Manners

Director

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Jessica Stewart

Molly Manners is a BAFTA-winning director. She was nominated for Best Director (Fiction) at the 2025 BAFTA Television awards and won Best Director (Scripted) at the 2024 Royal Television Society awards for her work on the hit adaptation of David Nicholls’s novel ONE DAY (Netflix). The series launched in February 2024 hitting global number 1 and receiving 5-star reviews in The Guardian, The Times and BBC Culture; hailing it as “flawless”, “exquisite” and “note-perfect”.

Before this, she directed the critically acclaimed 2nd Series of IN MY SKIN (BBC3/Hulu) for which she won a BAFTA for Best Drama Series, two BAFTA Cymru awards for Best Director and Best Drama, and an RTS award for Best Drama.

Molly is currently in post-production on her Film4 and BFI backed debut feature film Extra Geography.

Credits

TELEVISION
Date: 2023/24
Production (role):
ONE DAY
Company:
Drama Republic / Netflix
Project details:
Lead Director & Associate Producer

Won RTS Craft & Design Award for Best Director - Scripted

Nominated for BAFTA TV Award for Best Limited Drama

Nominated for BAFTA TV Craft Award for Best Director: Fiction
Date: 2021
Production (role):
LAZY SUSAN
Company:
Tiger Aspect / BBC
Project details:
Director of short form sketch series from the celebrated comedy double act.
Date: 2021
Production (role):
IN MY SKIN
Company:
Expectation / BBC
Project details:
Director of the second series of the award winning comedy drama

Won BAFTA for Best Drama Series
Won BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director: Fiction
Date: 2019
Production (role):
URBAN MYTH: ANDY AND THE DONALD
Company:
Merman / Sky Arts
Project details:
Director of single TV film about Andy Warhol and Donald Trump
FEATURE FILM
Date: 2025
Production (role):
EXTRA GEOGRAPHY
Company:
Brock Media / Film4
Project details:
Director

Written by Miriam Battye, adapted from the short story by Rose Tremain
SHORT FILM
Date: 2016
Production (role):
HERE BOY
Company:
BFI, Creative England, Baby Cow, Big Talk, Amazon Prime
Project details:
Short film. Director.

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023/24
    Production (role): ONE DAY
    Company: Drama Republic / Netflix
    Project details: Lead Director & Associate Producer

    Won RTS Craft & Design Award for Best Director - Scripted

    Nominated for BAFTA TV Award for Best Limited Drama

    Nominated for BAFTA TV Craft Award for Best Director: Fiction
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): LAZY SUSAN
    Company: Tiger Aspect / BBC
    Project details: Director of short form sketch series from the celebrated comedy double act.
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): IN MY SKIN
    Company: Expectation / BBC
    Project details: Director of the second series of the award winning comedy drama

    Won BAFTA for Best Drama Series
    Won BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Director: Fiction
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): URBAN MYTH: ANDY AND THE DONALD
    Company: Merman / Sky Arts
    Project details: Director of single TV film about Andy Warhol and Donald Trump
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2025
    Production (role): EXTRA GEOGRAPHY
    Company: Brock Media / Film4
    Project details: Director

    Written by Miriam Battye, adapted from the short story by Rose Tremain
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): HERE BOY
    Company: BFI, Creative England, Baby Cow, Big Talk, Amazon Prime
    Project details: Short film. Director.
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