List of prolific directors

The following is a list of the top 100 most prolific Emmerdale directors from 1972, as of 18th November 2019. There is another category that includes directing the spin-offs.

#	Name	No. of Episodes	First episode	Latest episode	Spin-offs
1	Alan Wareing	368	1993	2019
2	Tim O'Mara	315	2000	2019	The Dingles: For Richer, For Poorer (2010)
3	Pip Short	312	2000	2019
4	Tim Dowd	309	1989	2017	The Dingles Down Under (1997) The Dingles in Venice (1999)
5	Henry Foster	271	1988	2014
6	Oliver Horsbrugh	235	1991	2006
7	Neil Alderton	230	2005	2019
8	Duncan Foster	217	2001	2019
9	Judith Dine	209	2000	2019
10	Tony Prescott	181	2002	2017
10	Tracey Rooney	181	2003	2018
12	Peter Rose	177	2010	2019
12	John Anderson	177	1998	2019
14	Piotr Szkopiak	171	2003	2014
15	Haldane Duncan	161	1999	2008
16	Michael Lacey	147	2008	2019	Paddy and Marlon's Big Night In (2010)
17	Lee Salisbury	138	2006	2015
17	Diana Patrick	138	1998	2019
19	Mickey Jones	136	2005	2019	Text Santa and Emmerdale: Killed-off for Christmas (2013)
20	Mervyn Cumming	124	1980	1993
21	Brett Fallis	119	2012	2019
22	Adrian Bean	112	1997	2012
23	Ian Bevitt	108	1999	2019
24	Jeff Naylor	98	1994	2019
25	Mike Adams	94	2000	2011
25	John Darnell	94	1988	2002
27	Darrol Blake	92	1977	1995
28	David Kester	90	2000	2019
29	Nickie Lister	89	2005	2019	30 Years of Emmerdale (2002)
30	Graham Wetherell	88	1993	2000
31	Richard Handford	86	1979	1987
32	John Michael Phillips	77	1981	2000
33	Mark McKillop	75	2004	2009	Emmerdale: Backstage Pass (1999)
33	Paddy Russell	75	1976	1980	A Decade Down on the Farm (1982)
35	Ian Barber	71	2014	2019
36	Philip Wood	65	1999	2005
37	Len Lurcock	62	1977	1982
37	Michael Snow	62	1973	1975
39	David Green	60	1973	1975
40	Garth Tucker	59	1989	2000
41	William Slater	57	1984	1988
41	Paul Copeland	57	2015	2019
43	Chris Johnston	55	1991	2010
44	Sean Healy	52	2014	2019
45	Mike Gibbon	50	1979	1984
45	Ian White	50	1992	2012
47	Dominic Leclerc	47	2006	2014
48	Paul Wroblewski	46	1995	1998
49	Simon Ferguson	45	2015	2019
50	Brian Morgan	44	2002	2007
50	David G. Reynolds	44	1974	1978
52	Bob Hird	42	1986	1989
53	Daniel Wilson	41	2002	2004
54	Frank W. Smith	38	1980	1983
54	Clive Arnold	38	2008	2018
56	Roger Cheveley	36	1975	1977
57	Paul Walker	35	1997	1999
58	Stephen Butcher	33	1983	1998
58	Colin Cant	33	1994	2001
58	Chris Lovett	33	1984	1988
58	Sarah Kendell	33	2015	2019
58	Tim Finn	33	2015	2019
63	Romey Allison	32	1990	1992
63	Ric Mellis	32	1991	1993
65	Vivienne Cozens	31	1985	1997
66	Fiona Cumming	30	1984	1987
66	Tom Poole	30	2006	2009
66	David Moor	30	2015	2017
69	Robert D. Cardona	28	1973	1975
69	Steve Goldie	28	1990	2000
69	Graham Moore	28	2006	2008
69	Anne Ross Muir	28	2000	2002
69	Matt Hilton	28	2016	2019
74	Jason Beresford	26	2006	2008
74	Terence Daw	26	1988	2000	Emmerdale: Revenge (1998)
74	Alister Hallum	26	1987	1994
74	Vicky Thomas	26	2015	2019
78	Bill Cole	25	1973	1974
78	Noreen Kershaw	25	1998	1999
80	Paul Annett	24	1995	1996
80	Alistair Clark	24	1984	1994
80	Richard Holthouse	24	1982	1988
80	Terry Iland	24	1990	1992
80	Tom Kingdon	24	1988	1993
85	David Crozier	23	1985	1987
85	David Beauchamp	23	2018	2019
87	George C Siougas	21	2018	2019
88	Derek Bennett	20	1990	1992
88	Michael E. Briant	20	1979	1990
88	Matthew Robinson	20	1977	1978
91	Ken Horn	19	1990	1994
92	Richard Brammall	18	1994	1997
92	Philip Draycott	18	1980	1982
92	Dominic MacDonald	18	2006	2008
92	Derek Martinus	18	1977	1982
92	Sasha Ransome	18	2015	2017
92	David Richards	18	1989	1991
92	Steven Shill	18	1995	1996
92	Will Brenton	18	1997	2019		100	John Heaton	17	1993	1994

Spin-offs

This section is for directors who did not make the top 100 and/or only contributed to spin-offs.

Name	No. of spin-offs/episodes	Spin-off(s)
Emma Burman	6	Emmerdale 1918 (2018)
Tony Grech-Smith	5	The Big Quiz: Coronation Street vs Emmerdale (2011-2018)
Vernon Antcliff	2	Tricia's Farewell (2004) Farewell Charity (2005)
Burt Burdin	2	A Tribute to Emmerdale Farm (1977) Images of Yorkshire: Emmerdale (1993)
Ron Abercrombie	1	Emmerdale Farm Celebrates (1985)
Ali Alderson	1	Emmerdale: The Wedding Special (2007)
Kerry Allison	1	Emmerdale Family Album (2007)
Maria Malone	1	21 Years of Emmerdale (1993) Emmerdale: 21 Years (1993)
Ryan Minchin	1	Emmerdale's Greatest Love Triangles (2005)
Ninushka Oller Stracey	1	Emmerdale Christmas Crackers (2004)

See also

• List of prolific writers
• Top 100 appearances