Biography

Peter Lydon moves between commercials and high-profile TV drama, blending great performances with a cinematic eye.

As a commercials director he has clocked up work for brands like Carlsberg, Ikea, Sky, VW, DHL and Mercedes. In this arena he’s directed some big names like Al Pacino, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Caine, Joanna Lumley, Danny Trejo, Jose Mourinho and Scarlet Johansson.

In the TV world he has directed classics like Shameless, Teachers, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Vincent and Poirot. He won a Royal Television Society Award for his BBC1 period drama series Garrow’s Law.

Peter cut his directing teeth as a documentary maker with award winning films for BBC Arena and The South Bank Show. His three-part biography of comedy legend Peter Sellers was BAFTA nominated and won several major awards in the US.

He’s written and directed several award-winning short films including Dating Eliza, which won Best Short and Best Writer at Kinsale as well as three top awards at the LA Comedy Festival.

Peter is also a prolific cartoonist. But that’s another story.