Directors UK is led by an elected Management Board, themselves directors with experience across a wide range of genres. The current Directors UK Board was elected at the AGM in November 2011. Made up of some of the leading directors in the country the Board meets regularly to discuss the current issues that are facing members.

Each Board member is listed below, along with a brief biography. Please click through to read more about each director.

Paul Greengrass - President

Greengrass' recent films include Bourne Ultimatum, United 93 and Bourne Supremacy. His latest film Green Zone, starring Matt Damon...
 

Charles Sturridge - Chairman

Charles Sturridge has worked in the theatre, television and film. He made his film debut as an actor in Lindsay Anderson’s If… (1968)...
 

Tom Roberts - Vice Chair

Tom Roberts, the Founder of October Films, is one of the leading documentary directors of his generation...
 

Paul Unwin - Vice Chair

Paul Unwin is a director and writer who works in theatre, TV and film. In theatre his work includes...
 

Lara Akeju

After graduating from the University of Leeds, Lara began her career in television as a researcher on current affairs programmes at the BBC...
 

Dan Clifton

Dan Clifton is an award-winning writer, film-maker and journalist, with a love for gripping stories and bringing them alive on screen...
 

Tony Collingwood

Tony has been writing and directing animated shows through his own company since 1988....
 

Anna Davies

Anna Davies began her career in television in 1996 after graduating from Oxford with a degree in Classics...
 

Coky Giedroyc

At London university I began making short films and pop promos on 16mm for friendsʼ bands and got a place to study...
 

John Goldschmidt

John Goldschmidt is a film director and producer, who was born in London and grew up in Vienna. He studied at the Czech National...
 

Piers Haggard

Having started in the theatre, Piers’ first job in film was with Michelangelo Antonioni on The Blowup (1966). His own first feature came in 1972...
 

James Hawes

James began his directing career in the theatre, directing for the Young Shakespeare Company, touring shows in the UK and US....
 

Cath le Couteur

Cath is the co-founder of Shooting People (shootingpeople.org) the online social network dedicated to the support and promotion ...
 

Krishnendu Majumdar

Krishnendu is an award-winning director. He won the John Brabourne Big Five film award and a Mental Health in Media Award in 2008. ...
 

Dan Reed

Dan Reed’s powerful, visually-distinctive documentary work has won international acclaim, including 5 BAFTA wins...
 

Beryl Richards

Beryl has been directing tv drama and comedy for 20 years. She specialises in working with young and untrained actors...
 

Alrick Riley

Alrick Riley is an established director of television drama. He has beenthe recipient of two British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards...
 

Delyth Thomas

Originally from Birmingham, Delyth started her career in television drama as an assistant floor manager for BBC Wales ...
 

Paul Elston - TV Factual Chair

Paul Elston is an award winning film maker who returned to directing in 2007 after designing some...
 

Robin Sheppard - TV Fiction Chair

I began directing after graduating from the Royal College of Art MA in Film and Television Direction...
 

Iain Softley - Film Chair

Director, writer and producer Iain Softley is a native of England and graduated from Cambridge University, where he.