
Person
Hettie Macdonald
Directing · Born 1962-01-01 · Pancras, London, England, UK
Biography
Hettie Macdonald is an English film, theatre and television director who 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. Macdonald is known as the director of "Blink", the Hugo Award-winning 2007 episode of the Doctor Who series. The episode is widely regarded as the best episode of the series since its 2005 revival. In 2009, SFX named the episode's climax as the scariest moment in Doctor Who's history, citing its "perfect direction". She has also directed for the stage. She studied English at Bristol University before training as a director at the Royal Court Theatre. She was formerly associate director at the Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hettie Macdonald, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for

Doctor Who
Director

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Director

Casualty
Director

Agatha Christie's Marple
Director

Lewis
Director

Steal
Director

Normal People
Director

Law & Order: UK
Director

Where the Heart Is
Director

Wallander
Director
Filmography
- 2026StealDirector
- 2023The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold FryDirector
- 2020Normal PeopleDirector
- 2017Howards EndDirector
- 2015FortitudeDirector
- 2013The TunnelDirector
- 2012Hit & MissDirector
- 2009Law & Order: UKDirector
- 2008WallanderDirector
- 2008White GirlDirector
- 2008The FixerDirector
- 2007LewisDirector
- 2006GoldplatedDirector
- 2006Banglatown BanquetDirector
- 2005Doctor WhoDirector
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleDirector
- 2003ServantsDirector
- 2003William and MaryDirector
- 2001In a Land of PlentyDirector
- 1997Where the Heart IsDirector
- 1996Beautiful ThingDirector
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotDirector
- 1986CasualtyDirector
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