Charles McDougall
Charles McDougall is a British Emmy Award and BAFTA-winning director.
Biography
McDougall has directed for popular television series which include the pilot episode of ABC's Desperate Housewives (which includes the unaired pilot as well). McDougall has also directed episodes of Queer as Folk on Channel 4 and Sex and the City on HBO. McDougall directed the first two episodes of the US TV Series The Tudors as well as an episode of Good Behavior. He won an Emmy for Best Directing for a Comedy Series for his work on Desperate Housewives.
McDougall was an executive producer and director for the pilot episode of The Good Wife. Penned by Robert King and Michelle King (In Justice) the legal drama focuses on a politician's wife (Julianna Margulies) who carves out her own niche as a defense attorney. The Kings and McDougall are executive producing with Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and David Zucker.[1][2]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Arrivederci Millwall | Director |
| 1992 | Inside Out III | Director, segment "Dogs Playing Poker" |
| Inside Out IV | Director, segments "Put Asunder" and "Save the Wetlands" | |
| 1996 | Hillsborough | Director |
| 1997 | Rules of Engagement | Director |
| 1999 | Heart | Director |
| Tube Tales | Director, segment "Steal Away" | |
| 2002 | Sunday | Director |
| 2004 | Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss | Director |
| 2005 | Desperate Housewives: Oprah Winfrey Is the New Neighbor | Director; short film |
| 2006 | Surrender, Dorothy | Director |
| 2007 | Backyards & Bullets | Director and executive producer |
| 2008 | Good Behavior | Director |
| 2018 | Deliver | Associate producer; short film |
| 2020 | Ana | Director |
| TBA | Shelter | Director and executive producer |
| Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Casualty | Director, episode "Dangerous Games" |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | Director, 3 episodes |
| 1994 | 99-1 | Director, 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Cracker | Director, 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Queer as Folk | Co-creator; Director, 4 episodes |
| 2000 | Wonderland | Director, episode "20/20 Hindsight" |
| 2000–2002 | Sex and the City | Director, 6 episodes |
| 2002 | Push, Nevada | Director, episode "The Black Box" |
| 2003 | Keen Eddie | Director, episode "Achtung Baby" |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Director, episode "Pilot" |
| 2005–2012 | The Office | Director, 8 episodes |
| 2006 | Big Love | Director, 2 episodes |
| 2007 | The Tudors | Director executive producer, 2 episodes |
| Big Shots | Director, episode "Pilot" | |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Director and executive producer, 2 episodes |
| 2009–2011 | Parks and Recreation | Director, episodes "Kaboom" and "Pawnee Rangers" |
| 2011 | The Chicago Code | Director and executive producer, episode "Pilot" |
| 2012–2013 | The Mindy Project | Director, 3 episodes; Executive producer, 2 episodes |
| 2013 | House of Cards | Director, episode "Chapter 7" and "Chapter 8" |
| 2014 | Resurrection | Director and executive producer, episode "The Returned" |
| 2015 | Mad Dogs | Director and executive producer, episode "Pilot" |
| Secrets and Lies | Director and executive producer, episode "The Trail" | |
| 2016 | The Secret Agent | Director, 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Director, 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Julia | Director, episode: "Omelette" |
References
- ^ https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090306/people_nm/us_margulies[dead link]
- ^ Nellie Andreeva (February 8, 2009). "CBS picks up five pilots". Reuters/Hollywood Reporter.
External links
- Charles McDougall at IMDb