Biography
Samuel Donovan, also credited as Sam Donovan, is a British television director and producer. He began his career in the film industry as a second unit or assistant director, including on the 2010 feature Four Lions.
Donovan has directed multiple episodes of series including Severance (2025), Down Cemetery Road (2025), Widow's Bay (2026), Three Pines (2022), The Crown (2019), The Widow (2019), Liar (2017) and Utopia (2014). He has also served as an executive producer on several of these productions. He received a nomination for the BAFTA TV Craft Award for Best Director.
