Jon S. Baird
☼ Born on (day unknown) (month unknown) 1972, in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
BiographyBAFTA winning Scottish director Jon S. Baird has worked with Martin Scorsese, Danny Boyle, Terence Winter and numerous Academy award winning actors.
He began his career at BBC television and progressed through the ranks to become one of Britain's most exciting directorial talents.
Baird's sophomore feature Filth (2013), was based on the best selling novel by Irvine Welsh and starred James McAvoy. Filth won numerous awards and is in the top ten highest grossing UK 18 certificates of all time.
In 2014, Baird directed the television drama Babylon for Channel 4, which was produced by Academy Award Winner, Danny Boyle.
Baird was approached by HBO in 2015 to direct their Martin Scorsese / Mick Jagger produced show Vinyl, created by Terence Winter.
In 2016 he directed I'm Dying Up Here for Showtime, produced by Jim Carrey.
In 2018 Baird directed Stan & Ollie; a feature film about comedy legends Laurel and Hardy, starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly for eOne and BBC Films. Baird won the BAFTA Scotland award for best director.
In 2020 Baird directed Tetris starring Taron Egerton for Apple and in 2022 directed Stonehouse a three part ITV drama starring Matthew Macfadyen.
In the role of director
Filth (30/05/2014)
Indie Spotlight is a series focusing on reviews of independent films Based on the novel by Irving Welsh (Trainspotting), Filth focuses on Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a chauvinist Scottish police officer, who is determined to get promoted to inspector. With his young partner Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets off to solve a […]