Anand Tucker

Anand Tucker (born 24 June 1963) is a film director and producer based in London. He began his career directing factual television programming and adverts. He co-owns the production company Archer Street.
He was scheduled to direct Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, but in May 2006 was replaced by Chris Weitz.

Tucker was born in Thailand to an Indian father and German mother. He attended Island School. He then moved to the UK at the age of 18. He has one child with his partner, director Sharon Maguire.

As Director

• Saint-Ex (1996)
• Hilary and Jackie (1998)
• Shopgirl (2005)
• And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
• Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)
• Leap Year (2010)
• Gothica (an ABC pilot series) (2013)
• Indian Summers (2015)

In development

• A Forest of Mirrors
• Transmission
• Kensuke's Kingdom
• Sabriel
• 5 November

• "Gothica (TV 2013)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 18 March 2013. 
• Hibberd, James (29 January 2013). "Big Thunder Mountain TV show gets ABC pilot order". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 March 2013. It's described as 'a sexy gothic soap set in present day that weaves together a mythology that incorporates the legends of Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein and Dorian Gray among others'.