Director
Anthony Philipson is a BAFTA and EMMY nominated director with a career spanning groundbreaking documentaries and acclaimed dramas. His early career was in factual television where he directed the BAFTA-winning Ross Kemp on Gangs, Channel 4’s BAFTA- and Grierson nominated Coppers as well as the award-winning first series of both 24 Hours in A&E and First Dates.
His documentary success led to drama, where he was lead director on E4’s Youngers and the Emmy-nominated My Mad Fat Diary, along with Our Girl, Cuffs, and New Blood all for BBC.
In 2019 he directed 8 Days to the Moon and Back, a pioneering drama-documentary nominated for BAFTA, RTS and Emmy awards. He went on to write and direct Sky’s Liverpool Narcos, direct episodes of Netflix’s The Last Kingdom, and most recently Peacock/Sky’s The Day of the Jackal and ITV’s acclaimed medical thriller Malpractice.
Anthony is currently lead director on the highly anticipated third season of thriller The Capture for Peacock/BBC, due for release in Spring 2026.
8 Days to the Moon and Back
2020 Nominated, Specialist Factual
The Audience
2013 Nominated, Best Constructed Reality Series
Coppers
2011 Nominated, Best Factual Series
Ross Kemp On Gangs
2007 Winner, Best Factual Series
8 Days to the Moon & Back
2020 Nominated, Best Science and Natural History
2020 Nominated, Best Director
24 Hours In A&E
2012 Winner, Best Documentary Series
2012 Winner, Best Multicamera Series
8 Days to the Moon and Back
2020 Nominated, Outstanding Historical Documentary
My Mad Fat Diary
2015 Nominated, Best International Drama Series
8 Days to the Moon and Back
2020 Nominated, Best Drama
8 Days to the Moon and Back
2020 Nominated, Best Single Drama
