Colm McCarthy

Director, Producer, Writer

February 16, 1973 (53 years)
Colm McCarthy is a director best known for his work on Peaky Blinders, Sherlock and Endeavour. He was born in Edinburgh and has lived there as well as in Dublin and London. He is happily married and plays a grand total of eight musical instruments all appallingly badly.

He did not formally train in film making, instead he just watched loads of films, read a bunch of books and then started shooting stuff with friends. They borrowed film stock and filmed short films, music videos and random "cool shots" to go into montage sequences.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Girl with All the Gifts
    The Girl with All the Gifts2016
  • Outcast
    Outcast2010

Known For

  • Peaky Blinders
    Peaky Blinders6 seasons
  • Sherlock
    Sherlock4 seasons
  • The Girl with All the Gifts
    The Girl with All the Gifts2016
  • The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
    The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself1 season
  • Black Mirror
    Black Mirror7 seasons
  • The Tudors
    The Tudors4 seasons
  • Endeavour
    Endeavour9 seasons
  • Bagman
    Bagman2024
  • Young Sherlock (2026)
    Young Sherlock (2026)1 season
  • Doctor Who (2005)
    Doctor Who (2005)13 seasons
  • Ripper Street
    Ripper Street5 seasons
  • Outcast
    Outcast2010
  • Bergerac (2025)
    Bergerac (2025)2 seasons
  • Injustice (2011)
    Injustice (2011)5 episodes
  • Krypton
    Krypton2 seasons
  • Curfew
    Curfew1 season
  • Murphy's Law (2001)
    Murphy's Law (2001)5 seasons
  • Single-Handed
    Single-Handed4 seasons
  • The Deep
    The Deep5 episodes

Filmography

2022
The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself · as Executive Producer
2019
Curfew · as Executive Producer
2012

2010
OutcastOn Plex

2018
Krypton · as Co-Executive Producer