Alan Macmillan

Alan Macmillan (born 1949) is a television producer and director.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Education[]

Macmillan was educated at Strathallan School and the Birmingham School of Art.^[2]

Director[]

Macmillan started his directing career in the mid-1980s making several documentaries and a docudrama called for Scottish Television.^[2] In 1987 he was asked to direct several episodes of Taggart, the Scottish detective series, which he would continue to work on until 2005.^[2]^[4] Macmillan was producer and director of , which was nominated in the Best Single Drama category at the 1993 BAFTA Scotland Awards.^[1] He also directed numerous episodes of The Bill and most of series six of Ballykissangel.

Filmography[]

Year	Film/Programme	Credit
1985	The Garden Within	Director
1986	Held in Trust	Director
1987	Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Dreams and Recollections	Director
1987-2005	Taggart	Director - 15 episodes
1990	Take The High Road	Director - 8 episodes
1992-1994	Crime Story	Producer and director - 3 episodes
1996	The Witch's Daughter (film)	Director
1998	Minty	Director - 13 episodes
2000-2007	The Bill	Director - 21 episodes
2001	Ballykissangel Series six	Director - 5 episodes
2002	Nice Guy Eddie	Director
2003	Jeopardy	Director - 1 episode
2006	There's Been a Murder: A Celebration of Taggart	Director
2007	Casualty	Director - 1 episode
2009	Roy	Director - 5 episodes

Awards and nominations[]

1993: Nominated for the Bafta Scotland Award for Best Single Drama for Crime Story: The Britoil Affair.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Nominations suggest honours could be shared in 'tartan Oscars'". The Herald (Glasgow). 2 October 1993. Retrieved 21 October 2014. Best Single Drama: Crime Story -- The Britoil Affair; The Bogie Man; The Long Roads
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "New minder for Taggart behind the cameras". The Herald (Glasgow). 4 September 1987. p. 15. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
^ "Taggart rides in for a night at the Opry". The Times. 23 May 1993. ProQuest 317948073. We wanted for a long time to use the Grand Ole Opry," says Alan MacMillan, director of Taggart. "Various people on the team had been and told us what a wonderful place it was.
^ "Taggart: It's been murder for 200 years". Daily Record (Scotland). 2 October 2003. pp. 36–37. ProQuest 328059590. The director Alan MacMillan, currently working on the third of a six-episode run to go out next year, says the gore brings fun to the show. One thing that's important is there's black humour in the show. Taggart's like a good sweet once you've tasted it, you want more. It's down to good writing and strong acting. The show has helped launch so many careers. It's almost like a Scottish school for acting talent.

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[bafta-1] "Nominations suggest honours could be shared in 'tartan Oscars'". The Herald (Glasgow). 2 October 1993. Retrieved 21 October 2014. Best Single Drama: Crime Story -- The Britoil Affair; The Bogie Man; The Long Roads

[career-2] "New minder for Taggart behind the cameras". The Herald (Glasgow). 4 September 1987. p. 15. Retrieved 21 October 2014.

[times-3] "Taggart rides in for a night at the Opry". The Times. 23 May 1993. ProQuest 317948073. We wanted for a long time to use the Grand Ole Opry," says Alan MacMillan, director of Taggart. "Various people on the team had been and told us what a wonderful place it was.

[taggart-4] "Taggart: It's been murder for 200 years". Daily Record (Scotland). 2 October 2003. pp. 36–37. ProQuest 328059590. The director Alan MacMillan, currently working on the third of a six-episode run to go out next year, says the gore brings fun to the show. One thing that's important is there's black humour in the show. Taggart's like a good sweet once you've tasted it, you want more. It's down to good writing and strong acting. The show has helped launch so many careers. It's almost like a Scottish school for acting talent.

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