Corin Hardy

Template:Infobox person Corin Hardy (born 6 January 1975) is an English film director.

Early life

Hardy first started as a special effects "monster-maker" in his bike shed at the age of 12, and made Super 8 films with his school friends.

Career

In September 2009, Hardy was set to direct Refuge, from a screenplay by Tom De Ville and produced by Sam Raimi. In 2011, Screen International named him as one of the "Stars of Tomorrow" for filmmakers. He made his directorial debut with the 2015 horror film The Hallow, which he also co-wrote. In December 2014, Hardy was set to direct The Crow (2024), with his The Hallow co-writer Felipe Marino writing the screenplay. By March 2016, he was temporarily removed from the film, before being rehired by June 2016. By June 2018, he exited the film due to disagreements with producers. Hardy called his decision to leave the "hardest decision of all".

He directed the 2018 horror film The Nun, a spin-off of The Conjuring 2 (2016) and the fifth film in The Conjuring Universe. In July 2019, he was set to direct the monster film Arcane for Balboa Productions. In 2020, he directed four episodes of the first series of Gangs of London, a television series produced for Sky Atlantic, before becoming showrunner for the series' 2022 second series, and co-writing the tie-in graphic novel Ghosts. In March 2021, Hardy was set to direct the horror film Every House is Haunted for Netflix. In October 2022, he was set to direct a film adaptation of the comic book series Torso. In 2024, he directed the horror film Whistle (2025). By December 2025, he was no longer attached to Torso.

Filmography

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Writer
2015	The Hallow	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2018	The Nun	Template:Yes	Template:No
2025	Whistle	Template:Yes	Template:No

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2003	Butterfly	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Also producer, cinematographer and editor
2012	In the Back	Template:Yes	Template:Yes

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Notes
2020–present	Gangs of London	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	8 episodes; Role as Fake Shemp; Showrunner: Series 2

Music video

Year	Title	Artist	Ref.
2004	"Somewhere Only We Know"	Keane
2004	"Bedshaped"	Keane
2005	"Strangers"	Keane
2007	"Annie, Let's Not Wait"	Guillemots
2007	"She Is the New Thing"	The Horrors
2009	"Warrior's Dance"	The Prodigy
2009	"Pencil Full of Lead"	Paolo Nutini
2010	"God and Satan"	Biffy Clyro
2011	"Busy"	Olly Murs
2011	"Heart Skips a Beat"	Olly Murs
2012	"Watchtower"	Devlin
2013	"Losing Sleep"	John Newman
2019	"Cthulhu"	Gunship

Bibliography

Year	Title	Notes
2022	A Gangs of London Story: Ghosts	Co-written with Rowan Athale; illustrated by Ferenc Nothof

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