Nick Hamm is a BAFTA award-winning director and producer. His latest film, William Tell, released theatrically worldwide after premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in September '24. Other recent work includes Driven, which closed the 75th Venice Film Festival, The Journey, which premiered at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, and the Netflix Original Series White Lines. Hamm began his career on the London fringe before becoming resident director of the Royal Shakespeare Company where he worked with contemporary playwrights, notably Howard Barker, Edward Bond, and Arthur Miller. He also collaborated with Miller on the drama-documentary The Bottom Line, starring Dustin Hoffman. Hamm's early accolades include BAFTA award-winner The Harmfulness of Tobacco, the BBC's Play on One starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Colin Firth, Miramax's Talk of Angels, and Film Four's Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel, and Laurence. Hamm went on to direct the cult classic The Hole, starring Thora Birch and Keira Knightley. Followed by Lionsgate's thriller Godsend, starring Robert DeNiro and Greg Kinnear. Hamm later produced and directed the U2-centric comedy, Killing Bono for Paramount Pictures and Northern Ireland Screen. In 2016, Hamm directed and produced The Journey, which premiered at the 73rd Venice Film Festival and later at TIFF. The film, starring Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney, garnered critical acclaim upon release and won Meany the IFTA award for Best Lead Actor. In 2018, Hamm premiered his next feature, Driven, at the 75th Venice Film Festival, this time as the closing film. Driven, was also a special presentation at TIFF and bowed theatrically in August 2019 under the Universal Entertainment banner. In 2019, Hamm directed the pilot and three subsequent episodes of Netflix's Original Series White Lines, by Alex Pina. The show premiered on Netflix in Spring 2020 and received raved reviews, quickly charting its way to becoming one of the most-watched shows on Netflix. In 2020, Hamm formed the London-and L.A.-based entertainment company, Free Turn, with his brother Jon. In 2021, Hamm directed and produced his latest feature film, Gigi & Nate, starring Marcia Gay Harden, Diane Ladd, Charlie Rowe and Josephine Langford. The film follows a young man who finds hope in an animal friend after a freak accident leaves him paralyzed. Gigi & Nate, was acquired by Roadside Attractions and premiered in September 2022. Nick's most recent film, William Tell, is a historical action epic and released theatrically worldwide in 2025 after premiering at TIFF in September '24. It stars Claes Bang, Golshifteh Farahani, Connor Swindells, Jonah Hauer-King, Rafe Spall, Ellie Bamber, Emily Beecham Sir Ben Kingsley and Sir Jonathan Pryce.
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Biography from IMDb.
- December 10, 1957 (68)
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Director and producer, also writer
- 11 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
Known for
What are Nick Hamm's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 8
Light 4 · Serious 4 · Dark 2
Grounded 7 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 5
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Nick Hamm's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Nick Hamm's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
22 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
William Tell(2024)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Gigi & Nate(2022)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
White Lines(2020)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Driven(2018)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Journey(2016)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Full Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Killing Bono(2011)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Off the Hook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Godsend(2004)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Hole(2001)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Talk of Angels(1998)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Very Thought of You(1998)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Rik Mayall Presents: Briefest Encounter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Rik Mayall Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Out of the Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Soldier Soldier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
The Harmfulness of Tobacco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
The Play on One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Black Palace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 22 titles, 21 of them dated from 1988 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Godsend (2004)
Highest rated
Gigi & Nate (2022)
Most popular right now
William Tell (2024)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Won a BAFTA Award in 1992, Best Short Film.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Nick Hamm's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Nick Hamm's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Nick Hamm work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nick Hamm's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Piers Tempest shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Colin BatemanShared titles: Driven (2018), The Journey (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Colin Bateman
Editors
- Niven HowieShared titles: Godsend (2004), The Hole (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Niven Howie
- Michael BradsellShared titles: Talk of Angels (1998), The Very Thought of You (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Bradsell
Producers
- Piers TempestShared titles: William Tell (2024), Gigi & Nate (2022), Driven (2018), The Journey (2016), Killing Bono (2011)See all 5 shared titles with Piers Tempest
- Jon HammShared titles: William Tell (2024), Gigi & Nate (2022), Driven (2018), Killing Bono (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Jon Hamm
- Mark HuffamShared titles: William Tell (2024), The Journey (2016), Killing Bono (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Mark Huffam
- Lauren CoxShared titles: William Tell (2024), Gigi & Nate (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Lauren Cox