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British film director

Farren Blackburn is a British film and television director and screenwriter. His work includes Netflix's young adult love story, The Innocents, the French English-language psychological thriller Shut In starring Naomi Watts, Netflix and Marvel's Daredevil, Iron Fist and The Defenders.

Early life

He attended Caythorpe primary school,^[1] then the Sir William Robertson School in Welbourn. In Caythorpe, he lived on South Parade.^[2] In , went to the US, to teach soccer over the summer.^[3] He studied for a degree in Sports Sceince at the West London Institute of Higher Education.^[4]

As a young man he signed professionally for Cambridge United Football Club and represented England at youth level.^{[citation needed]} After being in London, he arranged a Career Development Loan, and completed an MA in Film and TV at Bournemouth University.

He found his way onto the BBC Production T