Jon S. Baird

Jon S. Baird was born and raised in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He began his career at BBC television and quickly progressed through the ranks to become one of Britain's most exciting directorial talents. Baird has worked with producers including; Martin Scorsese, Danny Boyle, Jim Carrey, Mick Jagger, Terrence Winter, and a host of award winning actors.Baird's sophomore feature Filth (2013), which he also wrote, directed and produced, was based on the best selling novel by Irvine Welsh and starred James McAvoy. Filth won numerous awards and played at several international film festivals. Filth 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 an episode of their Martin Scorsese / Mick Jagger produced show Vinyl, created by Terence Winter.In 2016 he directed the second episode of I'm Dying Up Here for Showtime, produced by Jim Carrey.In 2017 Baird will direct Stan & Ollie; a feature film about comedy legends Laurel and Hardy, starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly for eOne and BBC Films.Awards include: Winner of Breakthrough British filmmaker and nomination for Best British Film (London Critics Circle), Best Screenplay nomination (Writer's Guild Great Britain), Best Director and Best Film nominations (BAFTA Scotland) Best Director nomination (British Independent Film Awards) Best British Film nomination (Empire Film Awards) Show less «