2016 Emmy for Outstanding TV Movie and Best Director Film/TV in the 2016 BAFTA Scotland Awards (Sherlock: The Abominable Bride)
He has directed many episodes of television drama and at least three television films. His work includes Bodies, Gentlemen's Relish, Robin Hood, The Vice and numerous episodes of Doctor Who.
Mackinnon attended Portree High School on the Isle of Skye between 1967 and 1980. He then attended the National Film and Television School between 1985–1990.
He made his feature film directorial debut with The Flying Scotsman (2006),[1] which was the gala premiere at the Edinburgh Festival in 2006 and was consequently picked up for worldwide distribution by MGM. He then went on to direct the first three episodes of Jekyll (2007) starring James Nesbitt, Michelle Ryan and Gina Bellman. The show had nominations in the Emmy's and the Rose D'or for James Nesbitt.
He worked on eight episodes of the BBC's long-running sci-fi series Doctor Who between 2008 and 2015. He returned to work for the BBC to direct five episodes of the award-winning television series Line of Duty between 2012 and 2014. He then went on to direct a one-off episode of Sherlock, "The Abominable Bride", which won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie, for the BBC in 2016.
Mackinnon was the lead Director and Executive Producer on Knightfall, a major new drama series for the History Channel/A&E Network, between 2016 and 2017. He also worked as a director on two episodes of the TV series Outlander in 2016.
In 2017 Douglas was a director and executive producer of an adaption of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. It starred Michael Sheen and David Tennant and was created for Amazon and the BBC. All episodes were released on Amazon Prime Video on May 31, 2019, and aired weekly on BBC Two in the UK between January 15 and February 19, 2020. Among other accolades, the television series won the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation at the Nebula Awards.
Other Occupationsedit
Douglas worked as a report author for the Scottish Government between July 2009 and September 2009 and reported on the state of the Scottish television production sector for the Culture minister.
Douglas was a committee member of BAFTA in Scotland between August 2010 and August 2011 and a committee member of the Scottish Screen Academy between June 2009 and June 2012
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by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources Douglas Mackinnon news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Douglas Mackinnon is a Scottish film and television director from Portree Isle of Skye Douglas MackinnonMackinnon in 2018OccupationDirectorYears active1987 presentNotable workGood Omens Doctor Who Line of Duty SherlockAwards2016 Emmy for Outstanding TV Movie and Best Director Film TV in the 2016 BAFTA Scotland Awards Sherlock The Abominable Bride He has directed many episodes of television drama and at least three television films His work includes Bodies Gentlemen s Relish Robin Hood The Vice and numerous episodes of Doctor Who He also directed all twelve episodes of the first two seasons of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman s Good Omens Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Film and television director 2 2 Other Occupations 3 Selected television directing credits 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editMackinnon attended Portree High School on the Isle of Skye between 1967 and 1980 He then attended the National Film and Television School between 1985 1990 Career editFilm and television director edit Mackinnon directed the music video for The Proclaimers song Letter from America in 1987 He then created the documentary series Home about the Isle of Skye This series captured Skye Camanachd winning the Camanachd Cup in 1990 In the 1990s he directed episodes of several television drama series including The Bill Soldier Soldier and London s Burning He made his feature film directorial debut with The Flying Scotsman 2006 1 which was the gala premiere at the Edinburgh Festival in 2006 and was consequently picked up for worldwide distribution by MGM He then went on to direct the first three episodes of Jekyll 2007 starring James Nesbitt Michelle Ryan and Gina Bellman The show had nominations in the Emmy s and the Rose D or for James Nesbitt He worked on eight episodes of the BBC s long running sci fi series Doctor Who between 2008 and 2015 He returned to work for the BBC to direct five episodes of the award winning television series Line of Duty between 2012 and 2014 He then went on to direct a one off episode of Sherlock The Abominable Bride which won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for the BBC in 2016 Mackinnon was the lead Director and Executive Producer on Knightfall a major new drama series for the History Channel A amp E Network between 2016 and 2017 He also worked as a director on two episodes of the TV series Outlander in 2016 In 2017 Douglas was a director and executive producer of an adaption of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett It starred Michael Sheen and David Tennant and was created for Amazon and the BBC All episodes were released on Amazon Prime Video on May 31 2019 and aired weekly on BBC Two in the UK between January 15 and February 19 2020 Among other accolades the television series won the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation at the Nebula Awards Other Occupations edit Douglas worked as a report author for the Scottish Government between July 2009 and September 2009 and reported on the state of the Scottish television production sector for the Culture minister Douglas was a committee member of BAFTA in Scotland between August 2010 and August 2011 and a committee member of the Scottish Screen Academy between June 2009 and June 2012Selected television directing credits editProduction Notes BroadcasterHome Documentary 1990 N AThe Vice Daughters 1999 ITVGentlemen s Relish TV movie 2001 N ABodies Numerous episodes 2004 2006 BBC ThreeJekyll Episode One 2007 Episode Two 2007 Episode Three 2007 BBC OneDoctor Who The Sontaran Stratagem 2008 The Poison Sky 2008 The Power of Three 2012 Cold War 2013 Listen 2014 Time Heist 2014 Flatline 2014 The Husbands of River Song 2015 BBC OneSherlock The Abominable Bride 2016 BBC OneOutlander TV series La Dame Blanche 2016 Untimely Resurrection 2016 StarzDirk Gently Holistic Detective Agency TV series Space Rabbit 2017 Fans of Wet Circles 2017 NetflixKnightfall TV series Pilot 2017 Episode 2 2017 History U S TV channel 2 Good Omens 12 episodes Amazon PrimeReferences edit Maltin Leonard 5 August 2008 Leonard Maltin s 2009 Movie Guide Penguin pp 472 ISBN 978 0 452 28978 9 Retrieved 10 June 2011 PHOTOS Filming Starts in Dubrovnik for History Channel Series Croatia Week 29 June 2016 External links editDouglas Mackinnon at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Douglas Mackinnon amp oldid 1181728690, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
