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Douglas Mackinnon(I)

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Douglas Mackinnon
His Sherlock special won the Emmy for Best Single Television Movie. Good Omens Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 7 wins & 15 nominations. Douglas Mackinnon is a hugely experienced television drama Director with a proven track record of delivering engaging, original and distinctive shows to global audiences. Shows he has directed have won and been nominated for Emmy's, BAFTA's and many other awards, including Best Director in the BAFTA Scotland awards. He show-ran S1 & 2 of Good Omens and Anansi Boys for Amazon. He has directed tens of hours of television, including Line of Duty (S1 & 2), Doctor Who, Outlander, Dirk Gently, Silent Witness, etc. He has directed work of writers such as Russell T Davies (The Grand/ Doctor Who), Steven Moffat (Sherlock, Doctor Who, Jekyll), Neil Gaiman (Good Omens, Anansi Boys), Jed Mercurio (Bodies, Line of Duty), Dominic Mingella (Knightfall), Ronald D Moore (Outlander) and Max Landis (Dirk Gently). In doing so he has worked with acting talent such as Benedict Cumberbatch, David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Frances McDormand, Keeley Hawes, Miranda Richardson, Peter Capaldi, Billy Connolly, Martin Freeman and Jon Hamm.
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Known for

    Good Omens (2019)
    Good Omens
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock (2010)
    Sherlock
    9.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure, and Martin Compston in Line of Duty (2012)
    Line of Duty
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    Sealladh
    8.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1992

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    Director



    • Lauren Lyle in The Ridge (2025)
      The Ridge
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Good Omens (2019)
      Good Omens
      8.0
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2019–2023
    • Good Omens: Lockdown (2020)
      Good Omens: Lockdown
      8.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Mark Hamill and Tom Cullen in Knightfall (2017)
      Knightfall
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017–2018
    • Elijah Wood and Samuel Barnett in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016)
      Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Claire Fraser, and Jamie Fraser in Outlander (2014)
      Outlander
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock (2010)
      Sherlock
      9.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Christopher Eccleston, Peter Capaldi, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who (2005)
      Doctor Who
      8.5
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2008–2015
    • Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
      Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
      8.6
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure, and Martin Compston in Line of Duty (2012)
      Line of Duty
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012–2014
    • Amanda Burton, Emilia Fox, Sam Barnard, David Caves, and Genesis Lynea in Silent Witness (1996)
      Silent Witness
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2004–2013
    • Stuart Sinclair Blyth in Sgeulachd Howard Wilson: Cop Turned Killer (2011)
      Sgeulachd Howard Wilson: Cop Turned Killer
      8.1
      TV Movie
      • director: drama
      • 2011
    • Archibald Hall: An Uaislean - The Perfect Gentleman
      TV Movie
      • director: drama
      • 2011
    • Calum Dongle
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Mark McManus in Taggart (1983)
      Taggart
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010

    Producer



    • Seaforth
      • executive producer
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2025
    • Anansi Boys
      • executive producer (showrunner)
      • Completed
      • TV Mini Series



    • Lauren Lyle in The Ridge (2025)
      The Ridge
      5.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Good Omens (2019)
      Good Omens
      8.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • executive producer (showrunner)
      • 2019–2023
    • Mark Hamill and Tom Cullen in Knightfall (2017)
      Knightfall
      6.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017–2018

    Writer



    • Lauren Lyle in The Ridge (2025)
      The Ridge
      5.4
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2025
    • Calum Dongle
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • Sealladh
      8.8
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1992

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    • Alternative name
      • Doug Mackinnon

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      Voted best director by readers of Doctor who Magazine for his work on the 2014 season.

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