James Kent (director)

He directed the feature films Testament of Youth and The Aftermath and the TV dramas The White Queen and The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister.

He has also directed many documentaries, notably Chopin Saved My Life, 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers and Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film from Auschwitz.

[5] The subjects of his documentaries have included Albert Camus, Philip Larkin, John Osborne, Gianni Versace, Mozart and photography.

[1] In 2014, Kent made his debut as a feature film director with Testament of Youth, an adaptation of Vera Brittain's memoir of the First World War, which starred Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington.

He was also lead director of the second season of The Capture, the BBC's hit surveillance thriller starring Holliday Grainger and directed the central episodes of Showtime’s much-lauded Fellow Travelers.