Ceri Sherlock is a Welsh

Welsh people

The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...

 theatre, film and television director.

Ceri Sherlock was born in Llanelli

Llanelli

Llanelli , the largest town in both the county of Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed , Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. The town is famous for its proud rugby...

. He was educated at Ysgol Dewi Sant

Ysgol Dewi Sant

Ysgol Dewi Sant is a secondary school in St Davids Pembrokeshire. It started life as a county school in 1895. The school has around 490 pupils and is oversubscribed. In its last Estyn report it gained seven grade ones. The school is undergoing a programme of improvements and refurbishment...

, Llandovery College

Llandovery College

Llandovery College is an independent school in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was founded and endowed by Thomas Phillips in 1847 to provide a classical and liberal education in which the Welsh language; the study of Welsh literature and history were also to be cultivated.Llandovery...

, King's College, London and as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

. He worked as a trainee director and director with Theatr Cymru and Welsh National Opera

Welsh National Opera

Welsh National Opera is an opera company founded in Cardiff, Wales in 1943. The WNO tours Wales, the United Kingdom and the rest of the world extensively. Annually, it gives more than 120 performances of eight main stage operas to a combined audience of around 150,000 people...

. He was assistant, amongst others to Peter Stein and Anatoli Vasiliev, his chief artistic influences as director.

In 1993 Sherlock directed Dafydd for BBC 2. In 1995, his Welsh-language film Branwen won the Best Film award at the Celtic Film Festival.. His feature Cameleon won a Golden Spire and a Golden Gate at the San Francisco Film Festival 1999.

He was first Expert Advisor in Culture and Arts for the National Assembly of Wales 2000-2002.

Sherlock was Commissioning Editor of S4C

S4C

S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Welsh television channel broadcast from the capital, Cardiff. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience, it is the fifth oldest British television channel .The channel - initially broadcast on...

 before joining the BBC as Commissioning Executive Arts (BBC Wales) and Executive Producer (BBC4) in 2006. He is an Honorary Professor in Drama at Kingston University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Glamorgan

University of Glamorgan

The University of Glamorgan is a university based in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales with campuses in Treforest, Glyntaff, Merthyr Tydfil, Tyn y Wern and Cardiff...

, he re-located in 2010 to Hong Kong, where he is Professor and Head of Directing at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.