Neasa Hardiman
A fluent German speaker, Hardiman earned a master's degree in visual communications from the Universität der Künste (University of the Arts) in Berlin.[7] In 2004, Hardiman was one of the directors of Imagining Ulysses, a documentary film that aimed to explores the themes of James Joyce's seminal novel, whilst remaining accessible to a contemporary audience.[17] After completing work on In The Club, Hardiman was approached to direct the two-part finale (2014) of the ITV1 crime drama Scott & Bailey, also produced by Red Production Company.[20] Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter praised the direction of both Hardiman and Wainwright, noting that their heavy use of close-ups helped bind viewers to the fate of series protagonist Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire).[27] In spite of the difference in genre, Hardiman found the experience of filming Jessica Jones similar to her previous work, noting that both Happy Valley and Z: The Theory of Everything were expressed using fully cinematic narrative techniques.[28] Sea Fever is described a science-fiction thriller set off the coast of Ireland, and depicts a group of fishermen along with a science student who are threatened by a deadly water-based parasite.