Brian Kirk
Brian Kirk first emerged as a directorial talent in his native country of Northern Ireland, helming such standout short films as the coming-of-age drama "Baby Doll" and the meditative crime story "Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?" In 2004, his behind-the-camera prowess landed him a role as a regular director on the television series "Pulling Moves," a boys-will-be-boys dramedy about four morally lax buddies living in Belfast. Shortly after bringing his authentic eye for life in the U.K. to several episodes of the popular undercover-cop series "Murphy's Law," Kirk boarded Showtime's joint Irish-Canadian-American production of "The Tudors," a sensational historical drama detailing the political intrigue and sexual conquests of King Henry VIII. His successful pairing with the network prompted further directorial gigs on the twisty serial-killer thriller "Dexter" and the unlawful sibling drama "Brotherhood," two American series which benefitted from Kirk's tight focus on criminal-familial dynamics. While Kirk continues to explore similar themes stateside, serving as a director on such series as Martin Scorsese's Prohibition-era saga "Boardwalk Empire," he regularly returns to the U.K., where he helmed the 2009 crime-thriller miniseries "Father & Son" and made his feature-film debut with the brotherly battle-of-wills drama "Middletown."
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Brian Kirk
Filmography
Movies
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55% |
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21 Bridges | Director | $28.5M | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Calavera Highway | Original Music | - | 2008 |
71% |
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My Boy Jack | Director | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Middletown | Director | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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When Billie Beat Bobby | Original Music | - | 2001 |
TV
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85% | 78% | The Day of the Jackal |
Executive Producer, Director |
2024 |
48% | 73% | Hard Sun | Director | 2018 |
91% | 90% | Penny Dreadful | Director | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Rogue | Director | 2013 |
88% | 89% | Luther | Director | 2010-2011 |
89% | 85% | Game of Thrones | Director | 2011 |
71% | 81% | Dexter | Director | 2009 |
79% | No Score Yet | Brotherhood | Director | 2006-2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murphy's Law | Director | 2004-2005 2007 |
69% | 84% | The Tudors | Director | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hearts and Bones | Director | 2001 |