Josie Rourke

Josie Rourke was born in Salford, Greater Manchester.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/9052623/Josie-Rourke-Donmar-Warehouses-recruit-is-making-her-mark.html|title=Josie Rourke: Donmar Warehouse's recruit is making her mark|first=Dominic|last=Cavendish|date=18 July 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}

She attended St Mary's RC Primary School, Swinton, St Gilbert's RC Primary School, Winton, St Patrick's RC Secondary School, Eccles, and Eccles College of Further Education.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Rourke was the first person in the history of her school to attend Cambridge University, where she studied English at New Hall, now Murray Edwards College. She began directing for theatre at Cambridge and, amongst other credits, was the first woman ever to direct the Footlights Pantomime, which was co-written by Footlights president and vice president Richard Ayoade and John Oliver.{{Cite web | url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a43147047/josie-rourke-theatre-career/ | title=Josie Rourke: "The thing I am still the most passionate about is getting people to the theatre" | access-date=2024-07-20 | website=www.harpersbazaar.com| date=3 March 2023 }}

Upon graduating from Cambridge in 1998, Rourke worked for Cambridge Arts Theatre, co-ordinating the BT National Connections project around East Anglia. She then moved to London, where she worked nights as a secretary for a mergers and acquisitions bank,{{cite news|last1=Everett|first1=Lucinda|title=News article|newspaper=The Telegraph}} pursuing theatre projects during the days, including assisting Laurie Sansom on a production of J.B. Priestley's Dangerous Corner (1999) at Watford Palace Theatre.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

After nine months of living and working in London, she was appointed resident assistant director at the Donmar Warehouse.{{cite web|title=Josie Rourke: 'it should be an entitlement for children to engage with a cultural event outside school'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/11568694/Josie-Rourke-it-should-be-an-entitlement-for-children-to-engage-with-a-cultural-event-outside-school.html|website=The Telegraph|date=May 2015 |accessdate=7 April 2017}} Sam Mendes was then the artistic director. Over her year-long traineeship, she assisted Michael Grandage on Peter Nichols' Passion Play (2000) and Merrily We Roll Along (2000–2001),{{cn|date=February 2025}} Nicholas Hytner on Orpheus Descending (2000), starring Helen Mirren,{{cn|date=February 2025}} Sam Mendes on Nick Whitby's To the Green Fields Beyond (2000){{cn|date=February 2025}} and Phyllida Lloyd on David Mamet's Boston Marriage (2001), starring Zoë Wanamaker.{{Cite web |title=Boston Marriage |website =Zoe Wanamaker |url=http://www.zoewanamaker.com/stage.php?name=Boston_Marriage |access-date=2022-09-26 }}

Following her twelve months at the Donmar, Sam Mendes asked her to direct Frame 312 (2002) on its stage,{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/mar/15/theatre.artsfeatures|title=Frame 312, Donmar Warehouse, London|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=15 March 2002|website=The Guardian}} and Michael Grandage invited Rourke to Sheffield to direct Kick for Touch (2002) as part of the Peter Gill Festival at Sheffield Theatres.{{Cite web |title=Kick for Touch by Peter Gill, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, 2002 |url=http://www.petergill7.co.uk/works/kick_for_touch_02.shtml |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.petergill7.co.uk}} While preparing those productions, Rourke assisted Peter Gill on his own play, The York Realist (2001),{{cite web |url=http://www.petergill7.co.uk/works/reviews/york_realist_01/assistant_director.shtml|title=Assistant directors|first=John|last=Pavel|website=www.petergill7.co.uk}} and John Osborne's Luther (2001) on the Olivier stage of the National Theatre.{{Cite web |title=Production of Luther {{!}} Theatricalia |url=https://theatricalia.com/play/4qg/luther/production/skb |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=theatricalia.com}}

For the next five years, Rourke freelanced at a number of theatres, while being resident at the Royal Court in London and Associate Director of Sheffield Theatres.{{cite web |url=http://theagency.co.uk/the-clients/josie-rourke/|title=Josie Rourke - The Agency|first=Sane and|last=Able|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409111359/http://theagency.co.uk/the-clients/josie-rourke/|archive-date=9 April 2017|url-status=dead}}

While resident at the Royal Court Theatre, under Artistic Director Ian Rickson, she programmed readings, developed new work and directed Crazyblackmuthafuckin'self (2003){{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/dec/04/theatre.artsfeatures3|title=Crazyblackmuthafuckin'self, Royal Court Theatre, London|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=4 December 2002|website=The Guardian}} in the Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court and Loyal Women (2003) in the Theatre Downstairs.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/nov/12/theatre|title=Loyal Women, Royal Court, London|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=12 November 2003|website=The Guardian}} Her productions for Sheffield Theatres during this time were on the Lyceum, Crucible and Studio stages and included Much Ado About Nothing (2005) and Willis Hall's The Long and the Short and the Tall (2006).{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/mar/04/theatre|title=The Long and the Short and the Tall Lyceum, Sheffield|first=Alfred|last=Hickling|date=4 March 2006|website=The Guardian}} Her production of Steve Waters' play World Music (2003) transferred from Sheffield to the Donmar stage.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2004/feb/17/theatre|title=World Music, Donmar Warehouse, London|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=17 February 2004|website=The Guardian}} During this period, Rourke was also the UK tour director of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues (2003).{{cite web |title=Josie Rourke, On Directing, The Essay - BBC Radio 3 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bwbfp |website=BBC}}

She also directed for the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 2005 Gunpowder Season, Believe What You Will by Philip Massinger{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/may/28/theatre|title=Believe What You Will, Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=27 May 2005|website=The Guardian}} and, as part of the 2006 Complete Works Festival, King John by William Shakespeare, starring Richard McCabe, Joseph Millson, and Tamsin Greig.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/king-john-swan-theatre-stratford-upon-avon-411044.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220617/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/king-john-swan-theatre-stratford-upon-avon-411044.html |archive-date=17 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=King John, Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon}} She returned to the Donmar to direct a production of David Mamet's The Cryptogram (2006), which starred Kim Cattrall and Douglas Henshall.{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/josie-rourke-will-succeed-michael-grandage-as-artistic-director-of-londons-donmar-warehouse-com-177086|title=Josie Rourke Will Succeed Michael Grandage as Artistic Director of London's Donmar Warehouse - Playbill|website=Playbill}}

In 2007, Rourke was appointed artistic director of the Bush Theatre, one of the country's key venues for new plays and playwrights.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Alistair |date=2007-03-12 |title=Josie Rourke appointed Bush Theatre artistic director |work=The Stage |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/16181 |url-status=dead |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611234709/https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/16181 |archive-date=2011-06-11}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-14067069|title=Bush names new artistic director|work=BBC News |date=7 July 2011}} During her time at The Bush, she programmed the first plays and early work of, amongst other writers: James Graham, Nancy Harris, Lucy Kirkwood, Nick Payne, Penelope Skinner, Jack Thorne, Steve Waters, Anthony Weigh and Tom Wells.File:Poster for the 2011 production of Much Ado About Nothing starring Catherine Tate and David Tennant.jpg, directed by Rourke]]

Shortly after she was appointed, the Bush Theatre was the target of a proposed cut{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/bush-theatre-faces-180000-cut-in-funding-6643987.html|title=Bush Theatre faces £180,000 cut in funding|date=12 April 2012 }} in funding by Arts Council England. Rourke made a Freedom of Information Act request which established that the proposed cut had been made using flawed evidence and data.[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d7608c4-cbb0-11dc-97ff-000077b07658.html?ft_site=falcon&desktop=true#axzz4deWJFrlw]{{dead link|date=July 2018}} The Arts Council reinstated the theatre's funding but gave Rourke three years in which to find a new home for the Bush Theatre. In 2011, the Bush Theatre opened in new premises in a former library building, winning Theatre of the Year.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/nov/12/bush-theatre-shepherds-bush-library|title=London's Bush theatre moves from the pub to the library|first=Mark|last=Brown|date=12 November 2010|website=The Guardian}}

The new home for The Bush opened with Sixty-Six Books (2011), a 24-hour performance cycle with 66 writers and 144 actors that Rourke co-directed with a dozen of her peers. The cycle went on to be performed overnight in Westminster Abbey.{{cite web |url=https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/sixty-six-books/|title=Sixty-Six Books|website=www.bushtheatre.co.uk}}

During her time at The Bush, Rourke continued to work as a freelance director. Her projects included Twelfth Night (2009) and The Taming of The Shrew (2010) for Chicago Shakespeare Theater,{{cite web|url=http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/tag/josie-rourke/|title=Josie Rourke - Chicago Theater Beat|website=chicagotheaterbeat.com}} Men Should Weep (2010–2011) by Ena Lamont Stewart at the National Theatre{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/oct/27/men-should-weep-review|title=Men Should Weep - review|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=26 October 2010|website=The Guardian}} and Much Ado About Nothing (2011) for Sonia Friedman Productions at the Wyndham's Theatre, starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate,{{cite web |last=Spencer |first=Charles |date=1 June 2011 |title=Much Ado About Nothing, Wyndham's Theatre, review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/8550121/Much-Ado-About-Nothing-Wyndhams-Theatre-review.html |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}} the onstage reunion of which won the WhatsOnStage Award for the Theatre Event of the Year.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

In 2011, Rourke was appointed Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-12710307|title=Rourke named new Donmar director|work=BBC News |date=11 March 2011}} the first woman to hold the role and the first female theatre director to be appointed the artistic director of a major London theatre.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/theatres-new-power-couple-7310954.html|title=Theatre's new power couple|date=10 April 2012 }}

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As artistic director, she was responsible for programming the work of, amongst other directors: Phyllida Lloyd, who directed her all-female Shakespeare Trilogy at the Donmar;{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/nov/23/shakespeare-trilogy-five-star-review-donmar-kings-cross-harriet-walter|title=Shakespeare Trilogy review – Donmar's phenomenal all-female triumph|first=Lyn|last=Gardner|date=23 November 2016|website=The Guardian}} Kwame Kwei-Armah; Lyndsey Turner, whose celebrated revivals of Brian Friel's work have been a significant part of the Donmar's programme; Polly Findlay; Blanche McIntyre; John Crowley; Joe Wright and Robert Hastie.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Her first production at the Donmar was The Recruiting Officer (2012),{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9082192/The-Recruiting-Officer-Donmar-Warehouse-review.html|title=The Recruiting Officer, Donmar Warehouse, review|first=Charles|last=Spencer|date=15 February 2012|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}} beginning a working relationship with actor and writer Mark Gatiss, who would go on to star in Coriolanus (also starring Tom Hiddleston){{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/dec/18/coriolanus-review-donmar-warehouse|title=Coriolanus – review|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=18 December 2013|website=The Guardian}} and The Vote at the Donmar. Other notable productions at the Donmar include: Saint Joan (2017) with Gemma Arterton;{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/saint-joan-donmar-warehouse-london-review-gemma-artertons-joan-radiates-a-gentle-simplicity-and-a7486861.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220617/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/saint-joan-donmar-warehouse-london-review-gemma-artertons-joan-radiates-a-gentle-simplicity-and-a7486861.html |archive-date=17 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Saint Joan review: 'Arterton's Joan radiates a gentle simplicity'}} Berenice (2012) with Anne-Marie Duff;{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/oct/03/berenice-review|title=Berenice – review|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=2 October 2012|website=The Guardian}} Conor McPherson's The Weir (2013); which transferred to the West-End;{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jan/22/the-weir-review|title=The Weir – review|first=Lyn|last=Gardner|date=22 January 2014|website=The Guardian}} Nick Payne's new play Elegy, starring Zoë Wanamaker, Barbara Flynn and Nina Sosanya;{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/apr/28/elegy-review-zoe-wanamaker-nick-payne-science-donmar-warehouse-london|title=Elegy review – Zoë Wanamaker is superb in Nick Payne's soulful play about science|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=28 April 2016|website=The Guardian}} the innovative and campaigning Privacy (2014) by James Graham;{{cite news |last=Shuttleworth |first=Ian |date=23 April 2014 |title=Privacy, Donmar Warehouse, London – review |website=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/7a60ce72-cacf-11e3-9c6a-00144feabdc0 |url-access=subscription}} The Machine (2013) by Matt Charman;{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/theater/the-machine-by-matt-charman-is-coming-to-new-york.html|title='The Machine,' by Matt Charman, Is Coming to New York|first=Roslyn|last=Sulcas|work=The New York Times |date=29 August 2013 }} the musical City of Angels (2014) by Cy Coleman, Larry Gelbart and David Zippel, which won an Olivier Award;{{cite web|url=http://www.olivierawards.com/video/view/item355373/winners-interview-city-of-angels/|title=Winner's interview: City Of Angels}} Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2015) with Janet McTeer, Elaine Cassidy and Dominic West at the Donmar and McTeer, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen and Liev Schreiber on Broadway;{{Cite web |url=http://liaisonsbroadway.com/ |title=Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Official Website |access-date=8 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427074330/http://liaisonsbroadway.com/ |archive-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} and also the BAFTA-nominated play for theatre and television, The Vote (2015), which was broadcast live onto television on the night of the general election.{{Cite web |title=Initial cast announced for The Vote {{!}} Channel 4 |url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/initial-cast-announced-vote |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.channel4.com}} The broadcast starred Judi Dench, Mark Gatiss, Catherine Tate and Nina Sosanya and garnered the highest annual viewing figures for the channel in that slot.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/donmars-vote-sets-ratings-record-more4/|title=Donmar's The Vote sets ratings record for More4 - News - The Stage|date=9 May 2015}}

From the Donmar, The Weir transferred to the West End, The Machine transferred from the Manchester International Festival to the Park Avenue Armory in New York, Les Liaisons Dangereuses to Broadway and Privacy was reconceived in a US version at The Public Theater with Daniel Radcliffe playing the leading role.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/theater/review-privacy-a-play-that-urges-you-to-keep-your-smartphone-on.html?_r=0|title=Review: 'Privacy,' a Play That Urges You to Keep Your Smartphone On|work=The New York Times |date=19 July 2016 |last1=Brantley |first1=Ben }}

A number of Rourke's productions, including Coriolanus, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Saint Joan, were broadcast in cinemas in the UK and internationally as part of the National Theatre Live programme.{{Cite web |date=2014-01-31 |title=Coriolanus at National Theatre Live: cut the chat and get on with the show |url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jan/31/coriolanus-national-theatre-live |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2015-12-18 |title=Les Liaisons Dangereuses review – Dominic West on love's battlefield |url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/dec/18/les-liasons-dangereuses-review-dominic-west-janet-mcteer-donmar-warehouse |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

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Rourke made her film debut with Working Title's Mary Queen of Scots. The film starred Saoirse Ronan as Mary, Queen of Scots and Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I.{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/interviews/mary-queen-of-scots-director-josie-rourke-saoirse-ronan-margot-robbie|title=Josie Rourke on Mary Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan - The Skinny|website=www.theskinny.co.uk|accessdate=21 January 2019}} It premiered on 15 November 2018 at the AFI Fest and later received three nominations at the 72nd British Academy Film Awards,{{cite news |date=9 January 2019 |title=Bafta Film Awards 2019: All the nominees |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46794243 |access-date=9 January 2019}} and two nominations, for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, at the 91st Academy Awards.{{Cite web |url=https://www.motionpictures.org/2019/02/oscar-watch-mary-queen-of-scotss-costume-designer-alexandra-byrne-2/|title=Mary Queen of Scots' Oscar-Nominated Costume Designer Alexandra Byrne|website=www.motionpictures.org|date=19 February 2019 |access-date=2019-10-02}}

In early 2019, it was first announced that she would direct Catherine Tate's feature film, The Nan Movie, about her popular old-lady character from the BBC sketch series The Catherine Tate Show.{{cite web |last=Brew |first=Simon |date=11 September 2019 |title=The "Nan" movie is going by the name of This Nan's Life, it appears |url=https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/filming-begins-on-catherine-tates-nan-movie/ |accessdate=13 September 2019 |website=Film Stories}} In September, Rourke made an Instagram post, saying, "I think I speak for loads of us when I say that my Gran's spirit lives in Catherine Tate's immortal Nan. I have loved working with Catherine over the years on stage, and it is a massive treat to put her Nan on film."{{cite web |last=Edwards |first=Chris |date=10 September 2019 |title=Here's your first look as Catherine Tate's Nan movie |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a28980033/catherine-tate-nan-movie-first-look/ |accessdate=13 September 2019 |website=Digital Spy}} After initial filming, the film was substantially retooled.{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=20 March 2022 |title=Gossip: What Really Went Down With Catherine Tate's The Nan Movie |url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/gossip-catherine-tate-the-nan-movie-josie-rourke-cut/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}} It largely took place in 1940s London, but those scenes were reportedly scaled back and new footage, greatly expanding the modern-day road trip sections, was filmed without Rourke at a low cost, with animation sequences used to fill any gaps. The film was scheduled to be released in June 2020,{{cite web |last=Mustafa |first=Filiz |date=15 October 2019 |title=Catherine Tate's Nan movie finally lands an official release date |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a29474022/catherine-tate-nan-movie-release-date-confirmed/ |accessdate=22 February 2020 |website=Digital Spy}} but was indefinitely postponed due to cinemas being closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Michael |date=23 April 2020 |title=Yes, we are bovvered: why Catherine Tate needs to return to TV |newspaper=The Telegraph |publisher= |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/yes-bovvered-catherine-tate-needs-return-tv/ |accessdate=19 June 2020 |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}} The Nan Movie was eventually released on 18 March 2022, with Rourke receiving an executive producer credit and no director credited.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ephzAakrs |title=The Nan Movie - Official Trailer - Warner Bros. UK & Ireland |date=18 February 2022 |access-date=18 February 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=17 March 2022 |title=Is Catherine Tate's New Film The Nan Missing a Director Credit? |url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/catherine-tate-the-nan-movie-no-director-credit-josie-rourke-brett-goldstein-mathew-horne/ |access-date=17 March 2022 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}}

During the 2020 lockdown, she directed the episode "Her Big Chance" of the BBC reboot of Alan Bennett's classic 1980s monologues, Talking Heads, starring Jodie Comer in the lead role.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-28 |title=Jodie Comer to star in new BBC production of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads |url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/apr/28/jodie-comer-new-bbc-alan-bennett-talking-heads |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} In summer 2021, she directed and co-wrote (with James Graham) the star-studded short film Rhythm of Life, encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines. It featured the song "The Rhythm of Life" from the 1966 classic musical, Sweet Charity, and starred Jim Broadbent, Derek Jacobi, David Walliams, Asa Butterfield, Colin Salmon, Don Warrington, Nicola Roberts, Russel Tovey and West End dancers.{{Cite web |title=Celebrities get back to the 'Rhythm of Life' in new film supporting COVID-19 vaccination programme |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/celebrities-get-back-to-the-rhythm-of-life-in-new-film-supporting-covid-19-vaccination-programme |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}

From 2012 to 2018, Rourke served as a non-executive director of public service broadcaster Channel 4.{{cite web |title=What is Channel 4? - C4 Corporate |url=http://www.channel4.com/info/corporate/about/channel-4-board |website=www.channel4.com}}{{Cite web |last=Baird |first=David |date=2020-02-26 |title=Josie Rourke |url=https://www.speakersforschools.org/speakers/josie-rourke/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Speakers for Schools |language=en-GB}} Since November 2019, Rourke has been a vice-president of the London Library,{{Cite web |title=Patrons, Presidents and Trustees |url=https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/patron-president-trustees |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.londonlibrary.co.uk}} having a particular focus on developing the Library's support for emerging playwrights as part of its wider Emerging Writers Program.{{Cite web |title=Josie Rourke becomes a Vice-President of The London Library |url=https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/latest-news/1968-josie-rourke-becomes-a-vice-president-of-the-london-library |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.londonlibrary.co.uk}}

Film

• Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
• The Nan Movie (2022) (Uncredited; also executive producer)

Television

Short film

• Rhythm of Life (2021) (Also writer)

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