Who directed the original 60-minute pilot version of Sherlock's A Study in Pink?

Coky Giedroyc directed the original 60-minute pilot version of “A Study in Pink.”

The pilot was the first filmed version of Sherlock’s opening story, written by Steven Moffat. It was produced as a one-hour television pilot in 2009, but the BBC chose not to broadcast that version. Instead, the corporation commissioned a series of three longer episodes and requested that the story be remade.

The transmitted episode was substantially expanded and reimagined. Paul McGuigan directed the 88-minute version that premiered on BBC One in July 2010, which is why his name is often associated with “A Study in Pink.” Giedroyc directed the earlier pilot, not the broadcast episode.

The pilot is included as a bonus feature on the first-series DVD and differs in several story and casting details. Mycroft is largely absent, Moriarty is not named, and some supporting roles were recast for the finished episode.

This distinction makes the question easy to misread: Paul McGuigan directed the familiar aired episode, while Coky Giedroyc directed the original 60-minute pilot. Toby Haynes and Euros Lyn directed other Sherlock episodes, but not this pilot.