Robert Del Maestro
Latest
Director on a mystery drama series Combustione about supernatural events in Italy. Devised and written by Nicola Quilter and optioned by Story First Media.
Director on a Regency novel adaptation for a 3 season series written by Carol Rodger and optioned by Company Pictures.
Director on a feature film Downpour, a psychological thriller set in the near future about a man hallucinating on ‘acid’ rain. Written by Nicola Quilter and Sam Wilkinson and optioned by Celestial Gateway.
Me
I am a director of dramas broadcast in the UK, Germany and the US. Previously I was an investigative journalist on BBC documentaries and a writer on BBC News. I speak Italian, Spanish and French.
Latest
Director on a mystery drama series Combustione about supernatural events in Italy. Devised and written by Nicola Quilter and optioned by Story First Media.
Director on a Regency novel adaptation for a 3 season series written by Carol Rodger and optioned by Company Pictures.
Director on a feature film Downpour, a psychological thriller set in the near future about a man hallucinating on ‘acid’ rain. Written by Nicola Quilter and Sam Wilkinson and optioned by Celestial Gateway.
Showreels
Soko Leipzig
UFA Drama
ZDF
Mr Selfridge
ITV Studios
ITV1
George Gently
Company Pictures
BBC1
Law and Order: UK
Kudos Film & TV
ITV1
Mr Selfridge
ITV Studios
ITV1
World Express
UFA Drama
RTL
Mr Selfridge
ITV Studios
ITV1
Complete Films
George Gently
Company Pictures
BBC1
Mr Selfridge
ITV Studios
ITV1
World Express
UFA drama
RTL
Soko Leipzig
UFA Drama
ZDF
Mr Selfridge
ITV Studios
ITV1
Mr Selfridge
ITV Studios
ITV1
Law and Order: UK
Kudos Film & TV
ITV1
Mr Selfridge
ITV Studios
ITV1
Law and Order: UK
Kudos Film & TV
ITV1
Recent Productions
Treasure
Commissioned by the BBC and The Arts Council for the BBC’s Culture in Quarantine season. It was shot under the Governements Covid restrictions with the actors, including Samantha Bond and Tom Hanson, filming on iPhones and production working remotely via social media.
Inspector George Gently
Director on the opening episode of the period police drama with Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby. Produced by Company Pictures for BBC One and the PBS network in the US. Winner of Royal Television Society North East 2018 Best Long Form Drama.
Mr Selfridge
Lead director on the final series of the period drama starring Jeremy Piven as Harry Selfridge. I also directed on the previous series. Co-produced by ITV and Masterpiece / WGBH for broadcast in the UK and the US.
Soko Leipzig special
Film for the German television channel ZDF about the hunt for a jihadi cell. The executive producer is Joerg Winger who is the show runner on Deutschland ’83.
Law and Order: UK
A Kudos production for ITV adapting episodes of the award winning American series for the British criminal justice system. Produced by Richard Stokes.
World Express
Feature film for the German television channel RTL. An action adventure filmed in Mexico about the exploits of an international courier service.
Manhunter
Period drama about the exploits of a big game hunter in Africa. Single film shot in South Africa for BBC2.
I have directed on Waking The Dead with Trevor Eve and Hope & Glory a schools drama with Lenny Henry both on BBC1. I have filmed episodes of the German police series Soko Leipzig on ZDF as well as The Bill on ITV1 for which I was nominated for a Bafta.
Contact Me
Contact My Agents

Jasmine Daines Pilgrem
The Lisa Richards Agency
33 Old Compton Street,
London, W1D 5JU
+ 44 (0) 20 7287 1441
jasmine@lisarichards.co.uk

Sebastian DiBona
RTA Revolutionary Talent Agency
Solmsstrasse 52, 10961 Berlin
+49 (0)30 440 17 341
info@rtagency.com