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James Marsh

April 30, 1963 • 62 y.o.

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Place of Birth	Truro, Cornwall, England, UK
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Career	1988 — ...
Genres	Documentary, Drama, Crime
Height	1.83 m 6′ 0″
Zodiac sign	taurus

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Marsh was born in Truro, Cornwall and raised in Sennen, a Cornish village, and Woolwich, a district in southeast London. In Woolwich, he lived in a "miserable council flat" with his family.

Marsh won a scholarship to the University of Oxford. As an undergraduate, he studied at St Catherine's College, Oxford and graduated with a degree in English.

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The Theory of Everything 2014

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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 2009

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The Night Of 2016

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Title Ratings: 6.53

Drama 27%
Biography 18%
Crime 12%
History 9%
Mystery 9%

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Drama
United Kingdom, Spain • James Marsh

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2026

2026 — ...

Drama, Thriller
United Kingdom • Farren Blackburn...

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2023

Biography, Drama, 1 hr 40 min
United Kingdom, Hungary, Belgium • James Marsh

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5.6
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6.0
Critics: 43%

2020

Biography, Music
United Kingdom • James Marsh

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2018

Biography, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 48 min
United Kingdom, Belgium, United States • James Marsh

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5.6
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2017

Adventure, Biography, Drama, 1 hr 42 min
United Kingdom • James Marsh

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6.0
Critics: 73%

2016

1 episode, 2016

Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1 hour
United States • Steven Zaillian...

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2014

Biography, Drama, Romance, 2 hr 3 min
United Kingdom, Japan, United States • James Marsh

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7.7
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2012

Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 40 min
Ireland, United Kingdom • James Marsh

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6.2
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2011

Documentary, 1 hr 33 min
United Kingdom, United States • James Marsh

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2009

Crime, Drama, History, 1 hr 33 min
United Kingdom • James Marsh

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2007

Documentary, Biography, 1 hr 34 min
United Kingdom, United States • James Marsh

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7.7
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2005

Documentary, 1 hr 22 min
United States • James Marsh...

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2005

Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 45 min
United Kingdom, United States • James Marsh

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6.6
Critics: 58%

1999

Biography, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 16 min
United Kingdom, United States • James Marsh

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1998

Documentary, Music, 59 min
United Kingdom • James Marsh

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1996

Documentary, 1 hour
United Kingdom • James Marsh

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1990

Short, Documentary, 26 min
United Kingdom • James Marsh

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1990

Biography, 51 min
United Kingdom • James Marsh

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1984

1984 — 1990

4 Episodes, 1988

Documentary
United Kingdom • Jonathan Fulford...

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1975

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4 Episodes, 1990–1999

Documentary, 1 hour
United Kingdom • Anthony Wall...

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Writer — 3

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United Kingdom • James Strong

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2005

Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 45 min
United Kingdom, United States • James Marsh

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1999

Biography, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 16 min
United Kingdom, United States • James Marsh

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2020

2020 — Vampire Pirate

Comedy, 1 hr 39 min
United Kingdom • Riyad Barmania

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2025 — executive producer

Documentary, Crime, 1 hr 42 min
United Kingdom • Jessica Burgess...

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2025 — executive producer

Documentary, 1 hr 37 min
United Kingdom • Arthur Cary...

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3 Episodes, 2025

Documentary, Crime, Drama, 51 min
United States • Olly Lambert

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2024

2024 — executive producer

Sci-Fi, Musical, Fantasy, 2 hr 28 min
Denmark, Germany, Ireland • Joshua Oppenheimer

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Critics: 56%

2022

2022 — executive producer

4 Episodes, 2022

Documentary, Biography, Crime, 52 min
United Kingdom, United States • Don Argott...

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2020

2020 — executive producer

Documentary, Biography, Crime, 1 hr 30 min
Denmark • Emma Sullivan

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2020 — executive producer

Documentary, Crime, 1 hr 23 min
United Kingdom • Jenny Popplewell

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2018

2018 — executive producer

Short, Thriller, 12 min
United Kingdom • Patrick Hopkins

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2017

2017 — executive producer

Documentary, 43 min
United States • Zara Hayes

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2014

2014 — executive producer

Short, Documentary, Drama, 10 min
United Kingdom, Hong Kong • Eva Weber

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2014 — associate producer, co-producer

Documentary, Biography, Drama, 1 hr 38 min
United Kingdom • Marc Evans

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2003

2003 — executive producer

Documentary, 1 hr 33 min
United States • Jesse Moss

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2001

2001 — executive producer

Documentary
United States • Derek Cianfrance

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1999

Biography, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 16 min
United Kingdom, United States • James Marsh

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1975

1975 — ... — series producer

5 Episodes, 1993–1994

Documentary, 1 hour
United Kingdom • Anthony Wall...

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2005

Documentary, 1 hr 22 min
United States • James Marsh...

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April 30, 1963 • 62 y.o.

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