James Hawes is one of just three directors to have helmed multiple episodes for the multi-Emmy and BAFTA winning series, 'Black Mirror', directing the feature-length finales in both the 2016 and 2018 seasons, with 'Hated In The Nation' and 'Smithereens'.
Winning his first BAFTA nomination in 2010 for his TV movie 'Enid', which won BAFTA and Emmy nominations for his cast, James won The Royal Television Society award for best TV movie in 2015 for The Challenger Disaster. In 2019, James completed work as lead and producing director on HBO's 'Snowpiercer', a global hit for Netflix. James directed the entire first season of 'Slow Horses' for AppleTV+, acting as executive producer for the launch of the show and seeing it picked up to four seasons. 'Slow Horses' is the sixth of seven shows James has piloted that have gone on to multiple seasons.
