Biography

A multi award-winning director and producer of a wide range of projects, Ian Lilley has originated and made many successful series and singles for all the major UK broadcasters. Trained at the BBC, Ian was an editor before becoming a director and producer, specialising in current affairs, social issues, and history. 

Now, a raft of observational documentaries like the mischievous Bank of Dave series, recently re-worked into a scripted feature for Netflix; dramatised history docs (Russian Revolution); and political series (The Day Britain Died) sit alongside a much wider group of award-winning projects like Scotland and the Klan and My Childhood. 

Credits

After 9/11: Scotland's Story 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2021
Brief Encounters 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2019
Who Put The Klan Into Ku Klux Klan 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2018
Trains And Cruises From Hell: Caught On Camera 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2018
World's Wildest Weather, The 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2018
Burns In The USA 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2017
Storm That Saved A City, The 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2017
Britain's Wildest Weather 2017 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2017
Scotland And The Klan 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2016
Million Dollar American Princesses 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 2, Episode 3   Director 2016
Series 2, Episode 1   Director 2016
Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster: Quintinshill 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2014
Robson Green Extreme Fisherman 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 4   Director 2014
Bank Of Dave 3 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Episode 1   Director 2012
Episode 2   Director 2012
-   Director 2012
Blethering Scots 11 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Episode 1   Director 2011
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2011
Series 1, Episode 2   Director 2011
Series 1, Episode 3   Director 2011
Series 1, Episode 4   Director 2011
Series 1, Episode 5   Director 2011
Series 1, Episode 6   Director 2011
Series 1, Episode 7   Director 2011
Series 1, Episode 8   Director 2011
Series 1, Episode 9   Director 2011
Series 1, Episode 10   Director 2011
Lost Kingdoms Of Africa 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Series 2, Episode 3   Director 2011
Clydebank Blitz 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2010
Touring Britain 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2009
Extreme Fishing With Robson Green 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 4   Director 2008
Series 2, Episode 9   Director 2009
Shrink Rap 11 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2007
Series 1, Episode 2   Director 2007
Series 1, Episode 4   Director 2007
Series 1, Episode 3   Director 2007
Series 2, Episode 1   Director 2008
Series 2, Episode 2   Director 2008
Series 2, Episode 3   Director 2008
Series 2, Episode 4   Director 2008
Series 2, Episode 5   Director 2008
Series 3, Episode 1   Director 2008
Series 3, Episode 2   Director 2008
Restoration Village 3 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2006
Series 1, Episode 5   Director 2006
Series 1, Episode 8   Director 2006
Revealed 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2006
My Childhood 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2005
-   Director 2005
Monte Cassino: The Soldier's Story 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2004
Russian Revolution In Colour 2 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Episode 1   Director 2004
Episode 2   Director 2004
Battlefield Britain 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Episode 7   Director 2004
We Got A New Life 3 episodes View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2003
-   Director 2003
-   Director 2003
Way We Cooked, The 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
Episode 1   Director 2002
Angry Brigade, The 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2002
Get A New Life 4 episodes View
Series   Role Year
Series 1, Episode 1   Director 2002
Series 1, Episode 2   Director 2002
Series 1, Episode 6   Director 2002
Series 1, Episode 8   Director 2002
Computing: An Object-Oriented Approach 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 1998
Everyman 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 1994

Awards

Skills

  • HD
  • Self-shooting
  • SFX
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