Brian Kirk is a film and television director from Northern Ireland who has directed episodes of ''

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'', FX's ''

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'' and

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's ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also directed the television film '' My Boy Jack'' starring

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and

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and based on the play of the same name.

Career

Kirk had been named to direct the thriller ''Midnight Delivery'' for

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would have produced the film. In July 2013,

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was in talks to star in the film. The film is currently in

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Filmography

Film * ''Middletown'' (2006) * '' Cherrybomb'' (2009, producer) * ''

21 Bridges ''21 Bridges'' is a 2019 American action-thriller film directed by Brian Kirk and written by Adam Mervis & Matthew Michael Carnahan. The film stars Chadwick Boseman as an NYPD Detective who shuts down the 21 river crossings of Manhattan to fin ...

'' (2019) * '' The Dead of Winter'' (2025) Television *'' Any Time Now'' (2002) **Episode #1.03 **Episode #1.04 *''

Pulling Moves ''Pulling Moves'' is a Northern Irish television series set in Lenadoon, West Belfast. It follows the exploits of four friends: Wardrobe ( Simon Delaney), Ta ( Ciarán McMenamin), Shay (Ciaran Nolan) and Darragh (Kevin Elliot). The series first ...

'' (2004) **Episode #1.01: "Claimitis" **Episode #1.02: "Meat Is Murder" **Episode #1.03: "The Quiz" **Episode #1.04: "Dog Eat Dog" **Episode #1.05: "Spousal Arousal" *''

Murphy's Law Murphy's law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." Though similar statements and concepts have been made over the course of history, the law itself was coined by, and named after, Americ ...

'' (2004–2005) **Episode #2.01: "Jack's Back" **Episode #2.02: "Bent Moon on the Rise" **Episode #3.01: "The Goodbye Look" **Episode #3.03: "Strongbox" *'' Funland'' (2005) **Episode #1.08 **Episode #1.09 **Episode #1.10 **Episode #1.11 *''

'' (2007) **Episode #1.05: "The Big Floss" **Episode #1.07: "Virgin Territory" *''

'' (2007) **Episode #1.05: "Arise, My Lord" **Episode #1.06: "True Love" *''

'' (2006–2007) **Episode #1.10: "Vivekchaudamani" 51 (2006) **Episode #2.02: "Down in the Flood 3:5-6" *'' My Boy Jack'' (2007) (TV movie) *'' Father & Son'' (2009) *''

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'' (2009) **Episode #4.02: "

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" *'' Luther'' (2010) **Episode #1.01: "Episode 1" **Episode #1.02: "Episode 2" *''

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'' (2010) **Episode #1.08: " Hold Me in Paradise" *''

'' (2011) **Episode #1.03: "

Lord Snow "Lord Snow" is the third episode of the Game of Thrones season 1, first season of the HBO medieval fantasy television series ''Game of Thrones''. It first aired on May 1, 2011. It was written by series creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, a ...

" **Episode #1.04: "

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" **Episode #1.05: "

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" *''

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'' (2011) *''

Luck Luck is the phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative ones. The Naturalism (philosophy), naturalistic interpretation is that positive and negative events may happen at a ...

'' (2012) **Episode #1.05: "Episode Five" **Episode #1.07: "Episode Seven" *''

Rogue A rogue is a person or entity that flouts accepted norms of behavior or strikes out on an independent and possibly destructive path. Rogue, rogues, or going rogue may also refer to: Companies * Rogue Ales, a microbrewery in Newport, Oregon * ...

'' (2013) **Episode #1.01: "The Aquarium" *''

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'' (2015) **Episode #2.03: "The Nightcomers" **Episode #2.07: "Little Scorpion" **Episode #2.09: "And Hell Itself My Only Foe" **Episode #2.10: "And They Were Enemies" *''

Hard Sun ''Hard Sun'' is a pre-apocalyptic British crime drama television series, created and written by Neil Cross, starring Agyness Deyn and Jim Sturgess as the principal characters, DI Elaine Renko and DCI Charlie Hicks. The series is a BBC co-pro ...

'' (2018) **Episode #1.01: "The Sun, The Moon, The Truth" **Episode #1.02: "One Thousand, Eight Hundred Days" *''

Citadel A citadel is the most fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of ''city'', meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core. ...

'' (2023; executive producer) *'' The Day of the Jackal'' (2024, also executive producer) **Episode #1.01: "Episode 1" **Episode #1.02: "Episode 2" **Episode #1.03: "Episode 3"

References

External links

* Film directors from Northern Ireland Hugo Award winners Living people Mass media people from County Armagh People from Armagh (city) Television directors from Northern Ireland Television producers from Northern Ireland Year of birth missing (living people) {{Europe-tv-bio-stub