Biography

Early on in his career Luke was nominated for a BAFTA for his short film Mixtape and named as a Screen International "Star of Tomorrow" and a Broadcast Magazine "Hot Shot".

After directing on shows My Mad Fat Diary, Banana and The A Word he was the lead director on Wanderlust written by Nick Payne, starring Toni Collette and Temple written by Mark O’Rowe, starring Mark Strong.

His debut feature film is Let It Snow, an adaptation of John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle’s YA novel. The film was released by Netflix in 2019 and was nominated for a GLAAD award in 2020.

In 2021 he won an RTS award for his directing work on Mae Martin and Joe Hampson’s show Feel Good.

He was also the final block director on One Day, Nicole Taylor’s adaptation of David Nicholls’ much loved book that debuted to critical and audience acclaim on Netflix and was nominated for a BAFTA in the Limited Drama category.

Most recently he directed and executive produced all of Warp Films mini series Reunion. The show is a bilingual drama featuring both spoken English and British Sign Language and called "groundbreaking" by The Standard and an "absolute revelation" by The Guardian.

Next up he is directing on HBO finance drama Industry, due for release in early 2026.

Luke is attached to several film and TV projects in development both as a writer and director and is represented by Curtis Brown in the UK, Untitled in the US, Blink for commercial and branded content and is a member of the DGA and Directors UK.

He lives in South East London with his wife Joanna and their two children.

Representation

Film/TV (UK) - Curtis Brown
Jess Cooper - jessicac@curtisbrown.co.uk
Kat Buckle - kat.buckle@curtisbrown.co.uk

Film/TV (USA) -
Untitled Entertainment
Benjamin Rowe - browe@untitledent.com

Commercial/Branded Content - Blink
Paul Weston - paul@blinkprods.com