Articles about Tom Shankland
Taming The Leopard
It’s based on one of Italy’s greatest ever novels – so how did British creatives Richard Warlow and Tom Shankland team up to deliver lavish Italian-language drama Il Gattopardo (The Leopard)? They tell DQ about reuniting for this Netflix series set against the backdrop of revolution in 1860s Sicily.
Heroic effort
Peaky Blinders meets Band of Brothers in SAS Rogue Heroes, a rocking retelling of how the specialist British Army unit was forged during the Second World War. Director Tom Shankland, producer Stephen Smallwood and executive producer Karen Wilson reveal how they made it.
Scaling The Serpent
Director Tom Shankland, writer Richard Warlow and exec producers Preethi Mavahalli and Damien Timmer take DQ along the 1970s ‘Hippie Trail’ to reveal the long journey to making BBC and Netflix drama The Serpent.
Ones to Watch: Directors
DQ casts its eye over a range of upcoming series from around the world and picks out 20 directors to tune in for, from Steve McQueen (Small Axe) to Mira Nair (A Suitable Boy) and Tobias Lindholm (The Investigation).
No singing allowed
Victor Hugo’s epic novel Les Misérables might be best known for its musical adaptations, but a new small-screen adaptation produced for the BBC and Masterpiece on PBS feels more like a western, as exec producer Bethan Jones and director Tom Shankland explain.
City life
Star David Morrissey joins writer Tony Grisoni, exec producer Preethi Mavahalli and director Tom Shankland to discuss the challenges of adapting China Miéville’s novel The City & The City as a four-part miniseries for BBC2.
Punishing work
Director Tom Shankland discusses his craft, looking at shows including The Missing, House of Cards and Marvel series Luke Cage, Iron Fist and The Punisher.
Cinematic TV
With the popularity of TV drama showing no sign of waning, the role of the television drama director is rapidly evolving. Three of the industry’s finest give their perspective on the changing nature of their work.