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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]

His 2009 student film, Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite?, 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]

Television

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. ^ a b "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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