William McGregor (director)

William McGregor (born 26 September 1987) is a British screenwriter and director working in film, television, and commercials. He is known for his strong use of landscape and often gothic themes.[1]

Career

McGregor studied at University for the Creative Arts in Farnham there he made his 2009 student film, Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite? and won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Drama;[2] the Cambridge Student Film Festival was renamed "The Watersprite Film Festival" in honour of the film.[3]

He was selected as a Screen International "Star of Tomorrow" in 2012[4] and a Berlinale Talent Campus participant in 2010.[5] McGregor is represented for drama by Independent Talent and for commercials by The Mill.[6]

McGregor became the youngest-ever director of E4's BAFTA-award-winning drama, Misfits, in 2013, directing the first three episodes of series five.[7] In 2014, he directed the finale of the BBC's Poldark. The final episode was described as "one of those rare occasions when a popular drama series delivers something that properly belongs to art" by The Daily Telegraph.[8]

As of late 2015, McGregor was in post-production on a four-part miniseries for the BBC called One of Us, starring Juliet Stevenson and Laura Fraser.[9]

Feature films

As of late 2015, McGregor was developing his first feature film, The Dark Outside, with BAFTA- and EMMY-award-winning producer Hilary Bevan Jones.[10]

Awards

  • Won – Best International Mini-series Sichuan TV Festival for Poldark[11]
  • Nominated – Best Directing for a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made Television Sichuan TV Festival for Poldark[12]
  • Nominated – Best Drama National Television Awards for Poldark[13]
  • Nominated – Best Newcomer Rushes Soho Shorts Festival for Bovine[14]
  • Won – Coca-Cola Cinemagic Young Filmmaker of the Year 2010 for Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite?[15]
  • Won – Coca-Cola Cinemagic Innovation Award for The Little[15]
  • Nominated – National Film Festival for Talented Youth "New Talent Award" for The Little[16]
  • Won – Best Drama Royal Television Society Award for Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite?[17]
  • Nominated – Best Short Warsaw Film Festival for Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite?[18]
  • Nominated – Best Student Film The European Independent Film Festival for Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite?[19]
  • Won – Cambridge Student Film Festival "Film of the Year" for Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite?
  • Won – Cambridge Student Film Festival "Best Direction" for Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite?
  • Won – Cambridge Student Film Festival "Technical Achievement" for Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite?[20]
  • Won – National Student Film Festival "Technical Achievement" for Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite?
  • Won – National Student Film Festival "Best Cinematography" for Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite?
  • Won – National Student Film Festival "Best Horror" for Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite?
  • Won – Exposures "Best Cinematography" for Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite?[21]
  • Nominated – National Young Filmmaker Award for Follow the Scent[22]
  • Nominated – BAFTA 60 Seconds of Fame[23]

Filmography

Short films

  • Follow the Scent (2006)
  • Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite? (2009)
  • Bovine (2010)
  • The Little (2010)
  • The Puppeteer (2010)
  • Eradicate (2011)
  • No Escape (2012)

Television

  • Misfits – Series 5, Episodes 1, 2, 3
  • Poldark – Series 1, Episodes 5, 6, 7, 8
  • One of Us – Series 1, Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4

Feature films

  • The Dark Outside (in development)

Commercials

  • Pepsi – Get Hyped for Half Time
  • Ford Fusion - Change
  • Google - Hangout
  • Google - Front Row
  • Freddy – Snake
  • SEGA – Rome2: Total War
  • Boots – Summer
  • Barclays – Help

References

  1. ↑ "William McGregor". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  2. ↑ "SOUTHERN CENTRE AWARDS 2009 - 2010 RESULTS | Royal Television Society". Rts.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  3. ↑ "About". Watersprite.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  4. ↑ "UK Stars of Tomorrow" (PDF). Screendaily.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  5. ↑ "Berlinale Talents". Berlinale-talents.de. 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  6. ↑ "The Mill". The Mill. 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  7. ↑ "Misfits - All 4". Channel4.com. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  8. ↑ Allison Pearson. "Poldark, series 1, finale, review: 'devastatingly good'". Telegraph. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  9. ↑ Juliet Stevenson. "Esteemed ensemble cast announced for major new BBC One drama One Of Us - Media Centre". BBC. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  10. ↑ "The Dark Outside (2016)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  11. ↑ "Poldark Awards". imdb. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  12. ↑ "Poldark Awards". imdb.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  13. ↑ "NTA Nominations Announced". www.dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  14. ↑ "Soho Shorts Newcomer 2010". sohoshorts.me. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  15. 1 2 "Cinemagic Winners Announced". www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  16. ↑ "NFFTY 2011 Award Winners". nffty.org. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  17. ↑ "RTS awards 2009/10". rts.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  18. ↑ "Warsaw Film Festival". www.wff.pl. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  19. ↑ "Festival Genius". ecu.festivalgenius.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  20. ↑ "Water Sprite Film Festival". www.watersprite.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  21. ↑ "Exposures Film Festival". www.exposuresfestival.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  22. ↑ "Festival Focus". www.festivalfocus.org. 2015-12-21.
  23. ↑ "BAFTA 60 Seconds of Fame". bafta.org. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
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