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Richard Laxton

DIRECTOR · FROM LONDRA

Richard Laxton

Born 1967 · 59 years old42 credits since 1985

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In the pictureDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

ABOUT RICHARD

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Born5 July 1967

BirthplaceLondra

Known forDirecting

On Cineora27 of 42 titles

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Known for

The titles people know Richard from.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency poster

Series

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

2016–2017IMDb8.1

The Mist poster

Series

2017IMDb5.4

River poster

Series

2015IMDb7.9

Fortitude poster

Series

2015–2018IMDb7.3

Mrs Wilson poster

Series

2018IMDb7.4

EastEnders poster

Series

1985–IMDb4.8

Effie Gray poster

Movie

2014IMDb6.0

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster

Series

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

2002–2007IMDb7.4

Gone poster

Series

2026–IMDb7.0

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe poster

Series

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

2022IMDb7.2

Joan poster

Series

2024IMDb6.7

Him & Her poster

Series

2010–2013IMDb7.8

Career

IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 27
Average IMDb: 7.0
Highest rated: MumIMDb 8.3
Working since: 1985

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

42 credits

The 2020s

7 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

Not on Cineora

Babies

2026

Executive Producer · 6 episodes

Gone poster

Series

2026–IMDb7.0

Director · Executive Producer · 6 episodes

Joan poster

Series

2024IMDb6.7

Director · Executive Producer · 6 episodes

Rain Dogs poster

Series

2023IMDb7.0

Director · 4 episodes

Marriage poster

Series

2022IMDb6.4

Executive Producer · 4 episodes

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe poster

Series

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

2022IMDb7.2

Director · 4 episodes

Honour poster

Series

2020IMDb7.1

Director · Creator · 2 episodes

The 2010s

12 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Mrs Wilson poster

Series

2018IMDb7.4

Director · 3 episodes

The Mist poster

Series

2017IMDb5.4

Director · 1 episode

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency poster

Series

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

2016–2017IMDb8.1

Director · 2 episodes

Mum poster

Series

2016–2019IMDb8.3

Director · 6 episodes

River poster

Series

2015IMDb7.9

Director · 2 episodes

Fortitude poster

Series

2015–2018IMDb7.3

Director · 2 episodes

Effie Gray poster

Movie

2014IMDb6.0

Director

Burton and Taylor poster

Movie

Burton and Taylor

2013IMDb6.4

Director

The 2000s

11 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

An Englishman in New York poster

Movie

An Englishman in New York

2009IMDb7.1

Director

Not on Cineora

Hancock & Joan

2008

Director

Grow Your Own poster

Movie

2007IMDb6.8

Director

Life and LyricsMovie

Life and Lyrics

2006IMDb5.4

Director

Not on Cineora

The Ghost Squad

2005

Director · 3 episodes

Not on Cineora

Outlaws

2004

Director · 4 episodes

Bodies poster

Series

2004–2005IMDb8.3

Director · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

Sea of Souls

2004

Director · 2 episodes

The 1990s

9 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

Not on Cineora

Life Support

1999

Director · 3 episodes

Invasion: Earth poster

Series

Invasion: Earth

1998IMDb6.2

Director · 3 episodes

Wing and a Prayer

Not on Cineora

Wing and a Prayer

1997

Director · 6 episodes

Not on Cineora

McCallum

1997

Director · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

Poldark

1996

Director

The Hello Girls

Not on Cineora

The Hello Girls

1996

Director · 8 episodes

Not on Cineora

Out of the Blue

1995

Director · 2 episodes

Band of Gold poster

Series

1995–1997IMDb7.8

Director · 2 episodes

The 1980s

2 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average

Lovejoy poster

Series

1986–1994IMDb7.8

Director · 1 episode

EastEnders poster

Series

1985–IMDb4.8

Director · 2 episodes

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Richard’s titles.

Eddie MarsanRiver, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe and 1 more

Lesley ManvilleRiver and Mum

Keeley HawesMrs Wilson and Honour

Russell ToveyHim & Her and The Job Lot

Nicola WalkerRiver and Marriage

Sarah HadlandThe Job Lot and Burton and Taylor

Stefan GolaszewskiCreator · Him & Her and Marriage

Harry EscottComposer · River and The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

David Katznelson

Cinematographer · Burton and Taylor and The Night Watch

Jed MercurioCreator · Bodies and Invasion: Earth