‏Jessica Hobbs‏

Jessica Hobbs is an award winning television drama director originally from New Zealand and now based in the UK. She is directing THE SPLIT, a BBC 1 drama series written by Abi Morgan. She directed the psychological thriller APPLE TREE YARD starring Emily Watson and Ben Chaplin, adapted by Amanda Coe from the novel by Louise Doughty, for Kudos and the BBC. She directed two episodes of popular British drama BROADCHURCH for Kudos Film and Television along with the final block of Abi Morgan's original 6 part Series RIVER for the BBC starring Stellan Skarsgård. She set up and was lead director on the award-winning series THE SLAP for ABC and Matchbox and was the series producer and lead director on RAKE series 3. She directed the AACTA-nominated mini-series DEVIL'S DUST for ABC and Fremantle Media, for which she won an ADG Award. Her earlier work includes the telemovie CURTIN and her ground-breaking work on the AFI Award-winning LOVE MY WAY in 2004 led to the outstanding and hugely popular TV series TANGLE and SPIRITED for Southern Star, followed by RAKE and MY PLACE. Jessica has also won AFI Awards for the mini-series ANSWERED BY FIRE set in East Timor.