{{short description|British film and television director}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = Metin Hüseyin.jpg | caption = | alt = Hüseyin using a camera to film | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1959}} | birth_place = Hackney, London, England<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sinemalar.com/sanatci/305305/metin-huseyin|title=Metin Hüseyin|work=Sinemlar|accessdate=31 July 2025}}</ref> | nationality = | citizenship = | education = | occupation = Film and television director | years_active = 1990–present | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> }} '''Metin Hüseyin''' (born 1959) is a British television director of Turkish-Cypriot descent.
== Career == Hüseyin's debut film, ''Tight Trousers'', was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Film in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/short-film |title=Film / Short Film |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |access-date=28 November 2024}}</ref> In 1998 he received a Royal Television Society Award and a British Academy Television Award nomination for ''Common as Muck'', and ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'' won three BAFTAs. In 2002, he directed the film ''Anita and Me''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metin Huseyin – Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/metin_huseyin |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |access-date=25 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
Hüseyin has also directed episodes of various television series, including ''The All New Alexei Sayle Show'', ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'', ''Kingdom'', ''Merlin'', ''Shameless'', ''Outlander'', and ''Krypton''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metin Hüseyin |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8818864 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612110231/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8818864 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |website=BFI |access-date=25 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Director |- ! Year ! Film ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1990 | ''Tight Trousers'' | Short film |- | 1991 | ''Teenage Health Freak'' | TV series (6 episodes) |- | 1994 | ''The All New Alexei Sayle Show'' | TV series (12 episodes) |- | 1995 | ''Sorry About Last Night'' | TV movie |- | 1994–1997 | ''Common As Muck'' | TV series (9 episodes) |- | 1997 | ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'' | TV mini-series (5 episodes) |- | 1998 | ''Norman Ormal: A Very Political Turtle'' | TV movie |- | 2000 | ''It Was an Accident'' | |- | 2001 | ''Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)'' | TV series (3 episodes) |- | 2002 | ''Anita and Me'' | |- | 2004 | ''The Legend of the Tamworth Two'' | TV movie |- | 2004 | ''A Thing Called Love'' | TV series (2 episodes) |- | 2005 | ''Angell's Hell'' | TV movie |- | 2005 | ''Rose and Maloney'' | TV series (3 episodes) |- | 2006 | ''Mayo'' | TV series (3 episodes) |- | 2006 | ''Berry's Way'' | TV movie |- | 2008 | ''The Palace'' | TV series (4 episodes) |- | 2008 | ''The Invisibles'' | TV series (3 episodes) |- | 2007–2009 | ''Kingdom'' | TV series (5 episodes) |- | 2009 | ''All the Small Things'' | TV series (3 episodes) |- | 2009 | ''Merlin'' | TV series (3 episodes) |- | 2011 | ''Borgia'' | TV series (14 episodes) |- | 2010–2011 | ''Shameless'' | TV series (4 episodes) |- | 2011 | ''Lewis'' | TV series (1 episode) |- | 2015–2016 | ''Outlander'' | TV series (7 episodes) |- | 2016 | ''Agent Carter'' | TV series (2 episodes) |- | 2017 | ''Fortitude'' | TV series (2 episodes) |- | 2017 | ''Kevin (Probably) Saves the World'' | TV series (1 episode) |- | 2018 | ''Krypton'' | TV series (episode: "Transformation") |- | 2019 | ''Another Life'' | TV series (2 episodes) |- | 2019 |''City on a Hill'' | TV series ( S01 E06 ) |- | 2021 |''American Gods'' | TV series ( S03 E09 "The Lake Effect" ) |}
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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20031004071605/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/h/huseyin_metin.shtml Metin Hüseyin] at the bbc.co.uk Guide to Comedy *{{IMDb name|id=0406177|name=Metin Hüseyin}}
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