1. Euros Lyn's family moved to north Wales and later back south to Swansea.
10 Facts About Euros Lyn
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Euros Lyn was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera and studied Drama at the University of Manchester.
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Euros Lyn directed nine episodes of Doctor Who and won the BAFTA Cymru award for Best Director for "Silence in the Library" and the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for "The Girl in the Fireplace".
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Euros Lyn directed David Tennant's last episodes of Doctor Who.
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Euros Lyn has directed four episodes of the long-running BBC medical drama Casualty.
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Euros Lyn won the BAFTA Cymru for Best Director three times, most recently for the first series of Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, which won RTS and BAFTA Best Drama awards.
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Euros Lyn directed Fifteen Million Merits, an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror for Channel 4, which won an International Emmy for Best Drama Series.
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The crime series Happy Valley, which Euros Lyn directed, was shown on BBC One in 2014.
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Euros Lyn directed episodes of Gracepoint, Cucumber and Daredevil.
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In 2015 Euros Lyn received the Sian Phillips Award at the BAFTA Cymru ceremony for his contributions to the industry.