Hettie Macdonald is an English film, theatre and television director. Macdonald is known as the director of the Hugo Award-winning 2007 episode of the ''

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'' series, "

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", and won a Grand Prix award, an International Jury Award - Honorable Mention and a People's Choice Award for her work on the film '' Beautiful Thing''. "Blink" is frequently named as the best episode of ''Doctor Who'' since the series' 2005 revival. In 2009, ''SFX'' named the episode's climax as the scariest moment in ''Doctor Who'' history, citing its "perfect direction". Macdonald would return to the series in 2015 to direct the year's opening story. She has also directed for the stage. She studied English at

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before training as a director at the

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, and was formerly associate director at the Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.

Selected credits

Films

*'' Beautiful Thing'' (1996) *''Lily and the Secret Planting'' (incomplete)

TV

*'' Casualty'' **"Whatever It Takes" (1997) **"What Friends Are For" (1997) *'' The Fixer'' **Episodes 5 and 6 of Season One *''

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'' (2001) *
Servants
' **Episodes 4 to 6 (2003) *''

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'' **"The Mystery of the Blue Train" (2005) **"Curtain" (2013) *
Banglatown Banquet
' (2006) *''

'' **"

" (2007) **" The Magician's Apprentice" / "

The Witch's Familiar "The Witch's Familiar" is the second episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 26 September 2015. It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Hettie Mac ...

" (2015) *'' White Girl'' (2008) *''

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'' (2010) *'' Law and Order: UK'' (2010) *''

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'' (2012) *'' The Tunnel'' (2013) *'' Fortitude'' (2015) *'' Howards End'' (2017) *'' Normal People'' (2020)

Theatre

*''On Insomnia and Midnight'' (2006 - Royal Court) *''M.A.D.'' (2004 -

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) *''

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'' (2002 -

Citizens Theatre The Citizens Theatre, in what was the Royal Princess's Theatre, is the creation of James Bridie and is based in Glasgow, Scotland as a principal producing theatre. The theatre includes a 500-seat Main Auditorium, and has also included various s ...

) *''

She Stoops To Conquer ''She Stoops to Conquer'' is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773. The play is a favourite for study by English literature and theatre classes in the English-speaking world. It is one of the few plays from the 18th ...

'' (2002 - Theatre Royal, Margate) *'' The Storm'' (1998 -

Almeida Theatre The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325-seat producing house with an international reputation, which takes its name from the street on which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diver ...

) *''Hey Persephone!'' (1998 -

Aldeburgh Festival The Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music. It takes place each June in the Aldeburgh area of Suffolk, centred on Snape Maltings Concert Hall. History of the Aldeburgh Festival Th ...

/ Almeida Theatre) *''The Northern Fox'' (1997 - Ambassadors Theatre)

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* Living people Alumni of the University of Bristol English film directors English television directors English theatre directors English women film directors Hugo Award winners Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) British women television directors {{England-bio-stub

Selected credits

Films

TV

Theatre

See also

References

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