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Niall MacCormick

Writer/Director

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Credits

TELEVISION
Production (role):
REBUS
Executive Producer and director of the 3 opening episodes
Company:
Eleventh Hour Films / Viaplay
Project details:
Written by Gregory Burke from the novels of Ian Rankin
Starring: Richard Rankin, Stuart Bowman
Production (role):
DECEIT
Director of 4 x 60' serial
Company:
Story Films / C4
Project details:
Starring Niamh Algar, Eddie Marson, Harry Treadaway
BAFTA nomination for Niamh Algar as Leading Actress, 2022
Production (role):
RAGDOLL
Director of 3 episodes
Company:
Sid Gentle Films / Alibi / AMC
Project details:
Written by Freddy Syborn from the book by Daniel Cole
Starring: Henry Llloyd-Hughes, Lucy Hale, Thalissa Texeira, Michael Smiley
Production (role):
THE SISTER
Director of 4 x 60 serial
Company:
Euston / ITV
Project details:
Based on Neil Cross' novella BURIAL
Starring Russell Tovey, Bertie Carvel & Amrita Acharia
Production (role):
THE VICTIM
Director of 4 x 60' serial
Company:
STV / BBC1
Project details:
Starring Kelly Macdonald and John Hannah

Nominated BAFTA Best Mini Series 2020
Nominated Scottish BAFTA - Television Scripted 2019

"One of the best tight-and-bright — OK, bleak-and-dark — dramas of the fading year creeps in today as BritBox unveils its original series The Victim. [...] an exceptionally taut, economical thriller" (The Hollywood Reporter)
Production (role):
DOCTOR THORNE
Director of 3 x 60’ serial
Company:
Hat Trick / ITV 1
Project details:
Adapted by Julian Fellowes from the novel by Anthony Trollope

Starring Tom Hollander, Ian McShane and Rebecca Front
Production (role):
THE GAME
Director of opening 3 x 60’ episodes
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Wr. Toby Whithouse
Production (role):
COMPLICIT
90’ single film
Company:
Many Rivers / Channel 4
Project details:
Wr. Guy Hibbert

Winner of the BAFTA for Television Single Drama 2014

“Complicit is a classy piece of work, a tense, stifling, understated, intelligent thriller, beautifully performed, beautifully crafted and beautiful to look at” (The Guardian)
Production (role):
HIDDEN
Company:
Origin / BBC 1
Project details:
4 part thriller

Starring Phil Glenister, David Suchet, Thekla Reuten and Anna Chancellor
Production (role):
THE SONG OF LUNCH
Company:
Masterpiece / BBC
Project details:
1 x 50’ TV adaptation of the poem by Christopher Reid

Starring Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman

Nominated for RTS Award for Best Single Drama
Production (role):
WALLANDER (Series 1)
Company:
Left Bank / BBC 1
Project details:
1 x 60’ episode

Starring Kenneth Branagh
Production (role):
THE LONG WALK TO FINCHLEY
Company:
Great Meadow / BBC 4
Project details:
90’ single film

Starring Andrea Riseborough

Nominated for 2009 BAFTA Award for Best Director
Production (role):
PARTY ANIMALS
Company:
World Productions / BBC 2
Project details:
2 x 30’ episodes
Production (role):
TRANSIT (Director / Writer / Associate Producer)
Company:
Tigerlily Films / MTV
Project details:
1 x 74’ TV movie

Winner of Special Jury Prize – Banff 2006

Winner of One World Media Award 2006
FEATURE FILM
Production (role):
ALBATROSS
Company:
CinemaNX
Project details:
Starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Felicity Jones

“an extremely watchable British comedy drama driven by a real sense of energy and providing the perfect platform for two talented young actresses” (Screen International)

“destined to be one of the most talked about and beloved British films of the year” (EIFF review)

Credits

  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): REBUS
    Executive Producer and director of the 3 opening episodes
    Company: Eleventh Hour Films / Viaplay
    Project details: Written by Gregory Burke from the novels of Ian Rankin
    Starring: Richard Rankin, Stuart Bowman
  • Production (role): DECEIT
    Director of 4 x 60' serial
    Company: Story Films / C4
    Project details: Starring Niamh Algar, Eddie Marson, Harry Treadaway
    BAFTA nomination for Niamh Algar as Leading Actress, 2022
  • Production (role): RAGDOLL
    Director of 3 episodes
    Company: Sid Gentle Films / Alibi / AMC
    Project details: Written by Freddy Syborn from the book by Daniel Cole
    Starring: Henry Llloyd-Hughes, Lucy Hale, Thalissa Texeira, Michael Smiley
  • Production (role): THE SISTER
    Director of 4 x 60 serial
    Company: Euston / ITV
    Project details: Based on Neil Cross' novella BURIAL
    Starring Russell Tovey, Bertie Carvel & Amrita Acharia
  • Production (role): THE VICTIM
    Director of 4 x 60' serial
    Company: STV / BBC1
    Project details: Starring Kelly Macdonald and John Hannah

    Nominated BAFTA Best Mini Series 2020
    Nominated Scottish BAFTA - Television Scripted 2019

    "One of the best tight-and-bright — OK, bleak-and-dark — dramas of the fading year creeps in today as BritBox unveils its original series The Victim. [...] an exceptionally taut, economical thriller" (The Hollywood Reporter)
  • Production (role): DOCTOR THORNE
    Director of 3 x 60’ serial
    Company: Hat Trick / ITV 1
    Project details: Adapted by Julian Fellowes from the novel by Anthony Trollope

    Starring Tom Hollander, Ian McShane and Rebecca Front
  • Production (role): THE GAME
    Director of opening 3 x 60’ episodes
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Wr. Toby Whithouse
  • Production (role): COMPLICIT
    90’ single film
    Company: Many Rivers / Channel 4
    Project details: Wr. Guy Hibbert

    Winner of the BAFTA for Television Single Drama 2014

    “Complicit is a classy piece of work, a tense, stifling, understated, intelligent thriller, beautifully performed, beautifully crafted and beautiful to look at” (The Guardian)
  • Production (role): HIDDEN
    Company: Origin / BBC 1
    Project details: 4 part thriller

    Starring Phil Glenister, David Suchet, Thekla Reuten and Anna Chancellor
  • Production (role): THE SONG OF LUNCH
    Company: Masterpiece / BBC
    Project details: 1 x 50’ TV adaptation of the poem by Christopher Reid

    Starring Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman

    Nominated for RTS Award for Best Single Drama
  • Production (role): WALLANDER (Series 1)
    Company: Left Bank / BBC 1
    Project details: 1 x 60’ episode

    Starring Kenneth Branagh
  • Production (role): THE LONG WALK TO FINCHLEY
    Company: Great Meadow / BBC 4
    Project details: 90’ single film

    Starring Andrea Riseborough

    Nominated for 2009 BAFTA Award for Best Director
  • Production (role): PARTY ANIMALS
    Company: World Productions / BBC 2
    Project details: 2 x 30’ episodes
  • Production (role): TRANSIT (Director / Writer / Associate Producer)
    Company: Tigerlily Films / MTV
    Project details: 1 x 74’ TV movie

    Winner of Special Jury Prize – Banff 2006

    Winner of One World Media Award 2006
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): ALBATROSS
    Company: CinemaNX
    Project details: Starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Felicity Jones

    “an extremely watchable British comedy drama driven by a real sense of energy and providing the perfect platform for two talented young actresses” (Screen International)

    “destined to be one of the most talked about and beloved British films of the year” (EIFF review)

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