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James Marsh

British film director · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Born 1963 · age 63

James Marsh is a British film and documentary director best known for his work on Man on Wire, which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and The Theory of Everything, the biopic of physicist Stephen Hawking released in 2014.

James Marsh is read about 64 times a day, in 20 languages.

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A life in dates

2026Secret ServiceSeries, DirectorThe Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost StorySeries, 2026ProducerReal Madrid: The Weight of GreatnessFilm, 2026Director2025Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby FrankeSeries, ProducerRewriting TrumpFilm, 2025Producer2023Dance FirstFilm, Director2022SpectorSeries, Producer2020American Murder: The Family Next DoorFilm, Producer2018King of ThievesFilm, Director2016The Night OfSeries, Director2012Shadow DancerFilm, Director2011Project NimFilm, Director2009Red RidingSeries, DirectorRed Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Film, 2009Director2008Man on WireFilm, Director2005The TeamFilm, Director1999Wisconsin Death TripFilm, Director, Writer1998John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & MusicFilm, Director1994Trouble Man - The Last Years of Marvin GayeFilm, Director, Producer1990Agatha Christie - Unfinished PortraitFilm, Director1963Born30 April 1963

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  • The Theory of Everything 2014
  • Man on Wire 2008
  • American Murder: The Family Next Door 2020
  • Project Nim 2011
  • Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 2009

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Filmography 25

41 credits on file

Television 6

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Directors Guild of America Award

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1963 · age 63

In the same film or series as James

Philippe PetitAlso in Man on Wire (2008)Ben WillbondAlso in King of Thieves (2018)Jan ŠvankmajerAlso in Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague (1990)Moses IngramAlso in The End (2024)Martin McCannAlso in Shadow Dancer (2012)Marco PerellaAlso in The King (2006)