S.J. Clarkson
Birthdate: Jan 1, 1974
Birthplace: England, United Kingdom
S.J. Clarkson is a British-born director who has earned a reputation, as IndieWire’s Liz Shannon Miller has reported, as “one of TV’s most reliable directors in recent years.” Clarkson began her career in the British theater, and then shifted into the animation field and then directing such British soap operas as EastEnders (2004) and Casualty (2003-2005).
Clarkson amassed a long and impressive roster of directing credits on such prestige and popular TV, cable, and streaming series as Succession (2018), Jessica Jones (2015), Anatomy of a Scandal (2022), the David Hare-written Collateral (2018), The Defenders (2017), Life on Mars (2006-2007), Ugly Betty (2010), Banshee (2013), Orange is the New Black (2014), Whitechapel (2009), Dexter (2009-2011), House (2011), TURN: Washington’s Spies (2014), Vinyl (2016), Bates Motel (2013), The Bridge (2013), Hostages (2013), Hunted (2012), Dig (2015), and Love Nina (2016).
After her twenty-plus years’ run on the small screen, Clarkson advanced to the big screen as co-writer and director of the Marvel Cinematic Universe feature, Madame Web (2024), starring Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts, and Adam Scott, and which was co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Di Bonaventura Pictures, and released by Sony Pictures Releasing.
Personal Details
S.J. Clarkson was born and raised by her parents in England.
Filmography
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- 2024 | Madame Web
Madame Web
Forced to confront her past, Cassandra Webb, a Manhattan paramedic that may have clairvoyant abilities, forms a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures, if they can survive their threatening present.
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Nominee, Best Continuing Series, Banff Television Festival Awards (2008).
