Hettie MacDonald

Hettie Macdonald
Hettie Macdonald
Born	England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Film director, theatre director, television director

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.

"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

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
In a Land of Plenty (2001)
Servants
- Episodes 4 to 6 (2003)
Poirot
- "The Mystery of the Blue Train" (2005)
- "Curtain" (2013)
Banglatown Banquet (2006)
Doctor Who
- "Blink" (2007)
- "The Magician's Apprentice" / "The Witch's Familiar" (2015)
White Girl (2008)
Wallander (2010)
Law and Order: UK (2010)
Hit & Miss (2012)
The Tunnel (2013)
Fortitude (2015)
Howards End (2017)
Normal People (2020)

Theatre

On Insomnia and Midnight (2006 - Royal Court)
M.A.D. (2004 - Bush Theatre)
Top Girls (2002 - Citizens Theatre)
She Stoops To Conquer (2002 - Theatre Royal, Margate)
The Storm (1998 - Almeida Theatre)
Hey Persephone! (1998 - Aldeburgh Festival/ Almeida Theatre)
The Northern Fox (1997 - Ambassadors Theatre)

References

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

External links

Hettie Macdonald at IMDb

[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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