Jamie Magnus Stone (born 15 December 1985) is a Scottish film director and animator, who studied at the
National Film and Television School. He is the son of
Sally Magnusson
Sally Anne Magnusson (born 1955) is a Scottish broadcast journalist, television presenter and writer, who currently presents the Thursday and Friday night edition of BBC Scotland's ''Reporting Scotland''. She also presents ''Tracing Your Roots' ...
and grandson of
Magnus Magnusson
Magnus Magnusson, (born Magnús Sigursteinsson; 12 October 1929 – 7 January 2007) was an Icelandic-born British-based journalist, translator, writer and television presenter. Born in Reykjavík, he lived in Scotland for almost all his life, a ...
and
Mamie Baird.
Career
Stone studied film and television at the
Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is one of eleven schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Tracing its history back to 1760, it provides higher education in art and design, architecture, histor ...
where he made his first films; ''Flights'', about an old man and his flight of stairs, and the Scottish BAFTA nominated ''Fritz'' about a German Spy who lives under a boy's bed. Whilst directing fiction films, he also developed his skills in sand animation and won the MacLaren Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival and Best Animation at BAFTA Scotland in 2008 for his series of Three Minute Wonders, ''The World According To'', produced by Anders Jedenfors.
Stone enrolled at the National Film and Television School in 2010. He was interviewed by ''
The Guardian
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'' in 2010 after making his first year film, ''Far Removed''.
In March 2010, Stone directed two music videos for Tommy Reilly, "Make the Bed" and "Take Me Away".
He wrote and directed Sh-Boom in February 2011 which was premiered at the NFTS' Stars of Tomorrow Screening at BAFTA in September 2011. The film was shot entirely in a bin besides a dramatic opening sequence involving a bride on fire.
In August 2011, Stone directed his graduation film, ''Skyborn'', about a father and son stuck in a foggy post apocalyptic wasteland. Stone also wrote and directed the screenplay. It was screened at the BFI in March 2012 as part of the NFTS' graduation ceremony. The film was shot in constant fog and involved flying machines, pyrotechnics, miniatures and chickens.
In August 2014, Stone was nominated for a BAFTA for his short film ''Orbit Ever After''.
In November 2019, Stone was announced as one of the directors for the
twelfth series of ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
''. He directed two filming blocks, consisting of four episodes, including "
Spyfall, Part 1", "
Praxeus
"Praxeus" is the sixth episode of the twelfth series of the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'', first broadcast on BBC One on 2 February 2020. It was written by Pete McTighe and Chris Chibnall, and directed by Jamie M ...
", "
Ascension of the Cybermen
"Ascension of the Cybermen" is the ninth and penultimate episode of the twelfth series of the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'', first broadcast on BBC One on 23 February 2020. It was written by Chris Chibnall, and dir ...
", and "
The Timeless Children
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". Stone returned to direct for the
thirteenth series, with the episodes "
The Halloween Apocalypse
"The Halloween Apocalypse", prefixed frequently with either "Chapter One" or "''Flux''", is the premiere episode of the thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', and the first part of the six-episode ...
", "
War of the Sontarans
"War of the Sontarans", prefixed frequently with either "Chapter Two" or "''Flux''", is the second episode of the thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'', and of the six-episode serial known collecti ...
", and "
Village of the Angels
"Village of the Angels", prefixed frequently with either "Chapter Four" or "''Flux''", is the fourth episode of the thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', and of the six-episode serial known collect ...
",
as well as "
The Power of the Doctor
"The Power of the Doctor" is the third and final of the 2022 specials of the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'', and was broadcast on BBC One on 23 October 2022. The episode was ordered for the occasion of the 100th ann ...
", the final episode in a
trio of subsequent specials.
In May 2022, the
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