Hettie Macdonald

Hettie Macdonald is an English film,[1] theatre and television director.[2] Macdonald is known as the director of the Hugo Award-winning 2007 episode of the Doctor Who series, "Blink", 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.

Hettie Macdonald
Born
England, United Kingdom
OccupationFilm director, theatre director, television director

"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's history, citing its "perfect direction".[3] 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 Bristol University before training as a director at the Royal Court Theatre, and was formerly associate director at the Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.

Selected credits

Films

TV

Theatre

See also

References
  1. Holden, Stephen (October 9, 1996). "Beautiful Thing (1996) Finally Finding a Mate, in Working-Class London". The New York Times.
  2. Jaafar, Ali (7 June 2016). "Hettie Macdonald To Direct 'Howards End' Adaptation For BBC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. "21 Scariest Doctor Who Moments 7". SFX. 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2012-04-14.


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