David Penn worked as a director on Coronation Street with 26 episodes to his credit from November 1993 to July 1994 and then from May to June 1999, three of them co-directed with Mervyn Cumming and eight with Brian Mills. Prior to working in television he was a resident staff director at the Bristol Old Vic, the Royal National Theatre where he worked as the assistant to Harold Pinter, David Hare and Tom Stoppard and also was a staff director at Glyndebourne festival opera.
His other television credits include Brookside, Howards' Way, Casualty and The Bill. More recently, he was worked in Germany and Austria while conducting actors' masterclasses through his own company.
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Episodes directed by David Penn[]
1993 (6 episodes)
- Episode 3620 (15th November 1993)
- Episode 3621 (17th November 1993)
- Episode 3622 (19th November 1993)
- Episode 3632 (13th December 1993)
- Episode 3633 (15th December 1993)
- Episode 3634 (17th December 1993)
1994 (12 episodes)
- Episode 3644 (10th January 1994)
- Episode 3645 (12th January 1994)
- Episode 3646 (14th January 1994)
- Episode 3695 (6th May 1994)
- Episode 3696 (9th May 1994)
- Episode 3697 (11th May 1994)
- Episode 3707 (3rd June 1994)
- Episode 3708 (6th June 1994)
- Episode 3709 (8th June 1994)
- Episode 3719 (1st July 1994) (Co-directed with Mervyn Cumming)
- Episode 3720 (4th July 1994) (Co-directed with Mervyn Cumming)
- Episode 3721 (6th July 1994) (Co-directed with Mervyn Cumming)
1999 (8 episodes)
- Episode 4616 (23rd May 1999) (Co-directed with Brian Mills)
- Episode 4617 (24th May 1999) (Co-directed with Brian Mills)
- Episode 4618 (26th May 1999) (Co-directed with Brian Mills)
- Episode 4619 (28th May 1999) (Co-directed with Brian Mills)
- Episode 4620 (30th May 1999) (Co-directed with Brian Mills)
- Episode 4621 (31st May 1999) (Co-directed with Brian Mills)
- Episode 4622 (2nd June 1999) (Co-directed with Brian Mills)
- Episode 4623 (4th June 1999) (Co-directed with Brian Mills)