James Watkins
British writer and film director · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1973 · age 53
James Thomas Watkins is an English filmmaker. He is best known for horror films such as Eden Lake (2008), The Woman in Black (2012), and Speak No Evil (2024).
James Watkins is read about 3,275 times a day, in 17 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 108 days, one point a day.
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Readers a day, 12 September 2026 to 10 November 2026, highest on 23 October 2026.
David Dencik 4 more19 October 2026, 5.2 times the usual readers on 23 October 2026See the moment1973Born20 May 1973
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David Dencik James directed Clayface and McMafia
Jerome Flynn James directed Black Mirror
Kelly Reilly James directed Eden Lake and Bastille Day
Mackenzie Davis James directed Black Mirror and Speak No Evil
Alex Lawther James directed Black Mirror
Christian Colson Produced Eden Lake and The Descent: Part 2
Nora-Jane Noone James directed The Ipcress File
Tom Rhys Harries James directed Clayface (2026)
Douglas Hodge James directed Black Mirror
Idris Elba James directed Bastille Day (2016)
Bryce Dallas Howard James directed Black Mirror
Kelly Macdonald James directed Black Mirror
Frank Grillo James directed Chapter One: Gods and Monsters
Jesse Plemons James directed Black Mirror
Rosemarie DeWitt James directed Black Mirror
David Corenswet James directed Chapter One: Gods and Monsters
Edi Gathegi James directed Chapter One: Gods and Monsters
Jessica Brown Findlay James directed Black Mirror
Rory Kinnear James directed Black Mirror
Eddie Marsan James directed Clayface (2026)
Aña Geislerova James directed The Ipcress File
Eriq Ebouaney James directed Bastille Day (2016)
Roy Lee Produced The Woman in Black (2012)
Kirill Pirogov James directed McMafia
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He has also directed episodes of series such as Black Mirror (2016) and The Ipcress File (2022), and was the creator, writer, director, and executive producer of the series McMafia (2018). He directed the DC Universe film Clayface which is scheduled to be released in 2026.
