Director

Josie Rourke

Directing

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Regular directing credits.

TMDB popularity

2.9

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 1All crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 1182269

IMDb ID: nm6066050

Known for: Directing

Born: September 3, 1976

Age: 49

Place of birth: Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2011 - 2022

Years active: 12

Average TMDB rating: 7.16

Wikidata: Q6290774

Frequent jobs

Director (6)Stage Director (2)Executive Producer (1)

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Biography

Josie Rourke is an English theatre and film director. She is a Vice-President of the London Library and was the artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse theatre from 2012 to 2019. In 2018, she made her feature film debut with the Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated historical drama Mary Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie. During the 2020 lockdown, she directed the episode "Her Big Chance" of the BBC reboot of Alan Bennett's classic 1980s monologues, Talking Heads, starring Jodie Comer. In summer 2021, she directed and co-wrote the star-studded short film Rhythm of Life, encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines. It featured the song "The Rhythm of Life" from the 1966 classic musical, Sweet Charity, and starred Jim Broadbent, Derek Jacobi, David Walliams, Asa Butterfield, Colin Salmon, Don Warrington, Nicola Roberts, Russel Tovey and West End dancers.

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