Hettie Macdonald facts for kids

Hettie Macdonald is a talented director from England. She directs movies, plays, and TV shows. She is famous for directing the "Blink" episode of Doctor Who in 2007. This episode won a special award called the Hugo Award.

Hettie Macdonald has won many awards for her work. These include a BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama and a Grand Prix award. She has also been nominated for other important awards, like two more BAFTA Television Awards.

The "Blink" episode of Doctor Who is often called one of the best episodes since the show returned in 2005. People even said its ending was the scariest moment in Doctor Who history. Hettie Macdonald directed more Doctor Who episodes in 2015.

Before becoming a director, she studied English at Bristol University. She then trained to be a director at the Royal Court Theatre. She also worked as an associate director at the Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich.

Hettie Macdonald's Career

Directing Movies

Hettie Macdonald directed her first full-length movie in 1996. It was called Beautiful Thing. This movie was well-liked and is seen as a classic film. She didn't direct another movie for cinemas until 2023. That movie was The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, which also got good reviews.

Directing TV Shows

Hettie Macdonald has directed many popular TV shows. She directed episodes of Casualty and Poirot. She also directed parts of the miniseries In a Land of Plenty.

Her work on Doctor Who is very well known. Besides "Blink", she directed "The Magician's Apprentice" and "The Witch's Familiar". She also directed episodes for shows like Wallander and Law & Order: UK. More recently, she directed episodes for Fortitude and Normal People.

Directing Plays

Hettie Macdonald has also directed plays for the theatre. She directed "The Northern Fox" at the Ambassadors Theatre. She also directed "The Storm" at the Almeida Theatre. Other plays she directed include "She Stoops to Conquer" and "Top Girls".

Awards and Nominations

Hettie Macdonald has received several important awards for her directing.

• In 2008, she won a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. This was for the "Blink" episode of Doctor Who.
• In 2009, she won a BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama. This award was for her TV movie White Girl.
• She was nominated for a BAFTA Television Craft Award in 2013 for Best Director: Fiction for Hit & Miss.
• In 2018, she was nominated for a BAFTA Television Award for Best Mini-Series for Howards End.

See also

• List of female film and television directors

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