Mandie Elizabeth Fletcher (born 27 December 1954) is a British television and film director. Fletcher began her career at the

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as an assistant floor manager and later production manager on comedy programmes, becoming a director of situation comedy while working on the final series of ''

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(1987) series of ''

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'',Jacqueline Downs "Mandie Fletcher" in Yoram Allon (ed, et al) ''Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors'', London: Wallflower Press, 2001, p.94 for which she won the Best Comedy Series award at the 1988 BAFTAs. She also directed episodes of ''

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'' (1986). Her debut feature was ''

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'' (1994). Fletcher has continued to work in television with ''

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'' (1996–1997) and ''

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'' (2006–2009). Most recently she directed the critically acclaimed BBC 2 series ''

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'', which was broadcast in Spring 2012, and starred Dawn French and Alfred Molina. She also directed the latest episodes of ''

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'' including the Olympic special. In 2013, she directed the pilot episode of '' In and Out of the Kitchen''. In 2016, Fletcher directed the Absolutely Fabulous Movie.

Filmography

Film

* ''

'' (1994) * '' Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie'' (2016) * ''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, Mandie 1954 births BBC people British television directors British television producers British women television producers English-language film directors Living people British film directors British women television directors