Chips Hardy is a British Comedy Award winner and has produced and written for the theatre, television, film, novels, and stand-up material. He was born in 1950 in Ealing, London. He went to Cambridge, and threw himself into The Very Modern Novel, Situationism and other more established university theatricals. He has served as the international Creative Director for JWT and currently works as a writer, producer, and partner for Hardy Son & Baker. 

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Hardy recently won the Best Long Form TV Drama for critically acclaimed drama miniseries, Taboo. The show was pitched to him by his actor son, Tom Hardy, who is starring in the award-winning drama.