Corin Hardy


Corin Hardy is an English film director.

Early life

Hardy first started as a special effects "monster-maker" in his bike shed at the age of 12, and made Super 8 films with his school friends.

Career

In September 2009, Hardy was set to direct Refuge, from a screenplay by Tom De Ville and produced by Sam Raimi. In 2011, Screen International named him as one of the "Stars of Tomorrow" for filmmakers. He made his directorial debut with the 2015 horror film The Hallow, which he also co-wrote. In December 2014, Hardy was set to direct The Crow, with his The Hallow co-writer Felipe Marino writing the screenplay. By March 2016, he was temporarily removed from the film, before being rehired by June 2016. By August 2017, Hardy would still be working on the film, however, by June 2018, disagreements with producers resulted in him leaving the film. Hardy called his decision to leave the "hardest decision of all".
He directed the 2018 horror film The Nun, a spin-off of The Conjuring 2 and the fifth film in The Conjuring Universe. In July 2019, he was set to direct the monster film Arcane for Balboa Productions. In 2020, he directed four episodes of the first series of Gangs of London, a television series produced for Sky Atlantic, before becoming showrunner for the series' 2022 second series, and co-writing the tie-in graphic novel Ghosts. In March 2021, Hardy was set to direct the horror film Every House is Haunted for Netflix. In October 2022, he was set to direct a film adaptation of the comic book series Torso. By December 2025, he was no longer attached to Torso. In 2025, he directed the horror film Whistle.

Filmography

Feature film
YearTitleDirectorWriter
2015The Hallow
2018The Nun
2025Whistle

Short film
YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2003ButterflyAlso producer, cinematographer and editor
2012In the Back

Television
YearTitleDirectorExecutive
Producer
Notes
2020–presentGangs of London8 episodes; Role as Fake Shemp;
Showrunner: Series 2

Music video
YearTitleArtistRef.
2004"Somewhere Only We Know"Keane
2004"Bedshaped"Keane
2005"Strangers"Keane
2007"Annie, Let's Not Wait"Guillemots
2007"She Is the New Thing"The Horrors
2009"Warrior's Dance"The Prodigy
2009"Pencil Full of Lead"Paolo Nutini
2010"God and Satan"Biffy Clyro
2011"Busy"Olly Murs
2011"Heart Skips a Beat"Olly Murs
2012"Watchtower"Devlin
2013"Losing Sleep"John Newman
2019"Cthulhu"Gunship