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M. J. Bassett is a British film and television writer, director, and producer. She is known for directing the cult horror films Deathwatch and Wilderness, the dark fantasy Solomon Kane, the video game adaptation Silent Hill: Revelation, and long-running television series including Strike Back. She came out as trans in 2017.
M. J. Bassett's first feature film as director was Deathwatch, released in 2002. She wrote the screenplay under the title No Man's Land and refused multiple studio offers to purchase it unless she was also allowed to direct. Deathwatch won the Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver.
M. J. Bassett directed 15 episodes of Strike Back between 2012 and 2018, making it the most sustained single commitment of her television career. She also worked across the series as a director, writer, and producer.
M. J. Bassett came out as trans in 2017. She was born Michael J. Bassett and had built a substantial career in film and television by that point. She has two daughters and a son.
Before her directing career, M. J. Bassett presented on the children's programme Get Fresh, covering science and nature segments, following an introduction through Janet Street-Porter. She also spent a year on Children's ITV animating and voicing a puppet character named Scally the Dog.
M. J. Bassett co-wrote the screenplays for Rogue, released in 2020, and Endangered Species, released in 2021, with her daughter Isabel. Both films credit them as co-writers.