# Adam Randall (director)
**Adam Randall** is a British director, writer, and producer known for the feature films *Level Up* (2016), *iBoy* (2017), *[I See You](https://www.edgepedia.org/i-see-you-2019-film)* (2019), and *[Night Teeth](https://www.edgepedia.org/night-teeth)* (2021), and for directing seasons 4 and 6 of the Apple TV+ spy series *Slow Horses*, for which he won the 2025 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1726691/) • [2](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/adam-randall) • [3](https://podcastrex.com/shows/film-stories-with-simon-brew/adam-randall-on-directing-slow-horses-his-mystery-imdb-film-and-gary-oldmans-text-messages)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | London, England; IMDb gives 1982, while several film databases give 1980[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1726691/) • [4](https://www.film-rezensionen.de/2020/06/adam-randall-interview/) |
| Emmy | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, 2025, for the *Slow Horses* season 4 finale "Hello Goodbye" (Apple TV+)[2](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/adam-randall) |
| Feature debut | *Level Up* (2016), an action thriller combining a video game with a real-world kidnapping[4](https://www.film-rezensionen.de/2020/06/adam-randall-interview/) • [5](https://www.rueducinema.com/realisateur/adam-randall) |
| Netflix first | *iBoy* (2017) was Netflix's first UK original film production[6](https://www.themoviewaffler.com/2020/09/i-see-you-director-adam-randall-interview.html?m=1) |
| *Slow Horses* | Directed all of season 4 (2024) and all of season 6 (2026) for Apple TV+[3](https://podcastrex.com/shows/film-stories-with-simon-brew/adam-randall-on-directing-slow-horses-his-mystery-imdb-film-and-gary-oldmans-text-messages) • [7](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/432290/adam-randall) |
| Television creating | Creator, executive producer, and writer of the thriller series *In Flight* (2025), starring Katherine Kelly[7](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/432290/adam-randall) • [8](https://www.wunschliste.de/person/adam-randall) |
## Early career
Randall grew up in 1980s Britain obsessed with Amblin-era movies and studied film production at university.[3](https://podcastrex.com/shows/film-stories-with-simon-brew/adam-randall-on-directing-slow-horses-his-mystery-imdb-film-and-gary-oldmans-text-messages) In an interview he said he originally planned to be a musician until about age thirty and then move into film, but seeing *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* changed his mind; after film school he built a portfolio by carrying a camera constantly.[4](https://www.film-rezensionen.de/2020/06/adam-randall-interview/)
He broke in through short films, including *Hooded* (2007), which he shot on leftover 35mm film stock from Working Title's *Pride and Prejudice*.[3](https://podcastrex.com/shows/film-stories-with-simon-brew/adam-randall-on-directing-slow-horses-his-mystery-imdb-film-and-gary-oldmans-text-messages) His credits list further shorts (*Easier Ways to Make a Living*, 2009; *Reflections*, 2014) and a video game project, *Dead Ends* (2008).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1726691/)
## Feature films
**Level Up (2016).** Randall's feature debut was an action thriller about a man who takes on a great deal to rescue his girlfriend.[4](https://www.film-rezensionen.de/2020/06/adam-randall-interview/) He also co-wrote the film.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1726691/) In interviews he described wanting to bring the visual energy of Tokyo, Seoul, or Hong Kong action cinema to London, and placing an ill-equipped lead at the center of a high-concept thriller to generate tension and humor.[9](https://deathbypodcast.wordpress.com/2016/09/18/interview-adam-randal/)
**iBoy (2017).** Producer Gail Mutrux championed Randall for the project, a science-fiction crime film starring [Maisie Williams](https://www.edgepedia.org/maisie-williams) and Bill Milner about a teenager who gains powers after smartphone fragments lodge in his skull.[3](https://podcastrex.com/shows/film-stories-with-simon-brew/adam-randall-on-directing-slow-horses-his-mystery-imdb-film-and-gary-oldmans-text-messages) • [5](https://www.rueducinema.com/realisateur/adam-randall) Randall had been sent the source book at the start of 2012; the production collapsed and was rebuilt as a very low-budget film, and then, about three months before shooting, a producer sent the script to Netflix. Six or seven weeks before filming, Netflix agreed and doubled the budget, making *iBoy* Netflix's first UK original film production.[6](https://www.themoviewaffler.com/2020/09/i-see-you-director-adam-randall-interview.html?m=1)
**I See You (2019).** Randall's third feature is a twist-driven thriller starring [Helen Hunt](https://www.edgepedia.org/helen-hunt) about a kidnapped child, a broken family, and strange occurrences in the family home; it premiered at the [South by Southwest](https://www.edgepedia.org/south-by-southwest) festival.[4](https://www.film-rezensionen.de/2020/06/adam-randall-interview/) He was sent the script in April 2017, loved it on first reading, and joined after a call with producer Matt Waldeck.[4](https://www.film-rezensionen.de/2020/06/adam-randall-interview/) A week before shooting, the budget forced the schedule down from 25 planned days to 20, requiring script changes and parallel second-unit photography; subplots set in a school were cut.[4](https://www.film-rezensionen.de/2020/06/adam-randall-interview/) He also removed jump scares from the original script in favor of a mood of menace.[4](https://www.film-rezensionen.de/2020/06/adam-randall-interview/) The film became a hit after being added to Netflix and is his highest-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes at 73 percent.[6](https://www.themoviewaffler.com/2020/09/i-see-you-director-adam-randall-interview.html?m=1) • [10](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/adam_randall)
**Night Teeth (2021).** A stylized vampire film produced for Netflix, which Randall had described in 2020 as a youth neo-noir about a young man from East Los Angeles driving girls around the city, with a colorful, music-heavy style unlike *I See You*.[5](https://www.rueducinema.com/realisateur/adam-randall) • [4](https://www.film-rezensionen.de/2020/06/adam-randall-interview/) It is his lowest-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes at 38 percent.[10](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/adam_randall)
## Slow Horses and television
A chance catch-up with an old friend at See-Saw Films led to Randall being considered for *Slow Horses*, the Apple TV+ spy series starring [Gary Oldman](https://www.edgepedia.org/gary-oldman) as Jackson Lamb.[3](https://podcastrex.com/shows/film-stories-with-simon-brew/adam-randall-on-directing-slow-horses-his-mystery-imdb-film-and-gary-oldmans-text-messages) He directed all six episodes of season 4 (2024) and all of season 6 (2026), and is credited as director on 12 episodes overall.[3](https://podcastrex.com/shows/film-stories-with-simon-brew/adam-randall-on-directing-slow-horses-his-mystery-imdb-film-and-gary-oldmans-text-messages) • [7](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/432290/adam-randall) At the 77th [Emmy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/emmy-awards) in September 2025 he won Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the season 4 finale "Hello Goodbye"; the Television Academy lists him with one nomination and one Emmy.[2](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/adam-randall) • [11](https://apnews.com/article/2e3cd131864a906e90d314bcb7d0a6a0) Spanish coverage of the ceremony described his win as the surprise of the drama directing category, with Gary Oldman applauding in visible astonishment.[12](https://elpais.com/television/2025-09-15/emmy-2025-the-pitt-adolescencia-y-the-studio-triunfan-en-una-gala-sosa-y-con-bardem-como-casi-unico-toque-politico.html)
In an interview around season 6, Randall confirmed that the season departed from its source material in a direction influenced by Gary Oldman.[13](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/slow-horses-season-6-went-really-different-direction-from-source-material-gary-oldman-fault)
Randall also created, wrote, and executive produced the British thriller series *[In Flight](https://www.edgepedia.org/in-flight-tv-series)* (2025), starring Katherine Kelly, and is an executive producer on *Slow Horses* episodes.[7](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/432290/adam-randall) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1726691/)
## Upcoming projects
IMDb lists *The Husbands*, a dramedy series in which Fargo star [Juno Temple](https://www.edgepedia.org/juno-temple) meets a rotating cast of husbands, as filming with Randall directing two episodes, and *The Faithful* in pre-production with him as director.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1726691/) • [8](https://www.wunschliste.de/person/adam-randall)
## References
1. [Adam Randall, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1726691/)
2. [Adam Randall, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/adam-randall)
3. [Adam Randall on directing Slow Horses, Film Stories with Simon Brew (Podcast Rex)](https://podcastrex.com/shows/film-stories-with-simon-brew/adam-randall-on-directing-slow-horses-his-mystery-imdb-film-and-gary-oldmans-text-messages)
4. [Adam Randall [Interview], Film-Rezensionen.de (June 2020)](https://www.film-rezensionen.de/2020/06/adam-randall-interview/)
5. [Adam Randall : biographie, filmographie, RueduCinema](https://www.rueducinema.com/realisateur/adam-randall)
6. [Interview, I See You Director Adam Randall, The Movie Waffler](https://www.themoviewaffler.com/2020/09/i-see-you-director-adam-randall-interview.html?m=1)
7. [Adam Randall, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/432290/adam-randall)
8. [Adam Randall, TV Wunschliste](https://www.wunschliste.de/person/adam-randall)
9. [Interview: Adam Randall, The Horror Mafia Podcast (2016)](https://deathbypodcast.wordpress.com/2016/09/18/interview-adam-randal/)
10. [Adam Randall, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/adam_randall)
11. [A list of the top winners at the 2025 Emmy Awards, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/2e3cd131864a906e90d314bcb7d0a6a0)
12. [Premios Emmy 2025, El País](https://elpais.com/television/2025-09-15/emmy-2025-the-pitt-adolescencia-y-the-studio-triunfan-en-una-gala-sosa-y-con-bardem-como-casi-unico-toque-politico.html)
13. [Slow Horses Went A Really Different Direction From Its Source Material, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/slow-horses-season-6-went-really-different-direction-from-source-material-gary-oldman-fault)
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