Benjamin Caron (born 2 July 1976) is a Golden Globe, Emmy, and BAFTA-winning British film and television director. Born in the West Midlands, Caron was educated at Homerton College, Cambridge. Caron began his television career making factual programs, entertainment programs, and music videos for a number of artists, including Jay-Z. In 2006, he paired up with Derren Brown to direct a one-hour special for Channel 4 titled The Heist, which was nominated for a BAFTA in the Best Entertainment Programme category. Caron moved on to direct a range of television dramas, which include Scott and Bailey, Skinsand, and My Mad Fat Diary. His first single film, a biopic for ITV1 and Leftbank Pictures titled Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This, was filmed in 2013. Caron directed the final, feature-length episodes of The Wallander (2016), the multi-...read more