David Thacker (born 21 December 1950) is an English theatre director.
[3] He has directed over 100 theatre productions including plays by William Shakespeare, Arthur Miller, Samuel Beckett, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, Tennessee Williams, Tom Stoppard and Eugene O'Neill.
He has won Olivier Awards for Best Director (Pericles) and Best Revival (Pericles) and the London Fringe Award for Best Director (Ghosts) and Best Production (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?).
[citation needed] Thacker has directed more than 30 TV productions, including episodes of The Vice, Silent Witness, Foyle's War and Waking the Dead.
He has also directed films, such as Measure for Measure, A Doll's House, Broken Glass, The Mayor of Casterbridge and Faith, a film for the BBC set in the Miners' Strike.