David Kerr

David Kerr was born on Sep 03, 1967 in UK. David Kerr's big-screen debut came with Johnny English Strikes Again directed by David Kerr in 2018.

David Kerr is a BAFTA-winning Film & TV Director. "Man Vs. Bee", his original comedy series, landed on Netflix 24 June 2022. David directed all nine episodes - starring the legendary Rowan Atkinson.David's first feature, "Johnny English Strikes Again", also starred Rowan - alongside Emma Thompson. Described by Forbes Magazine as 'a genuine laugh riot' and The Washington Post as 'hilarious, timeless slapstick', it was 2018's highest-grossing comedy at the international box office.On Christmas Eve 2020, "Roald & Beatrix: The Tale Of The Curious Mouse" premiered on Sky One. A feature-length film about the meeting of two of Britain's finest children's authors, it stars Dawn French and won Best TV Movie at the Banff World Media Festival.David honed his comedy chops in TV, winning Best Comedy BAFTA for "That Mitchell and Webb Look", starring David Mitchell, Robert Webb and Olivia Colman. As lead director of student house-share comedy "Fresh Meat", written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, David brought together the cast and set the show's style. The show won 6 awards, including the RTS for Best Comedy. David also helmed all six films in the first season of "Inside No.9", the acclaimed anthology written by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. "A Midsummer Night's Dream", David's bold new feature-length version of Shakespeare's comedy from a script by Russell T. Davies, was described by The Radio Times as "stunningly ballsy...utterly life-affirming." It won an RTS Craft Award and was nominated for a BAFTA.David is also a celebrated commercials director. "Playthings", his darkly comic gun-control PSA secured a place in the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art.