Jim Threapleton

James Edward Threapleton (born 8 November 1973) is an English film director.

Threapleton has worked as an assistant director on many films, including Hideous Kinky.

He and Kate Winslet, whom he met on the set of Hideous Kinky, married on 22 November 1998 in Reading, Berkshire, Winslet's hometown.

They have a daughter, Mia Honey Threapleton (born 12 October 2000 in London).

The couple separated in September 2001 and divorced on 13 December 2001.

His first work as a director (and writer) was the film Extraordinary Rendition, starring Omar Berdouni and Andy Serkis, which premiered at the 2007 Locarno Film Festival.

The elder of two boys, he has a younger brother Robin.

In 2008 Threapleton married his second wife, Julie Vuorinen, a school administrator and teacher to special needs students.

They have two daughters, Olivia, born in 2009, and Georgia, born in 2013.