Barbie MacLaurin
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Barbie MacLaurin (born 1964) is an Emmy award-winning, BAFTA nominated British Documentary Director.[1]
MacLaurin started directing on the BBC's Holiday and Airport television series'. Thereafter, she filmed several documentaries including Final Chance to Save Tigers.[2] In 2008 MacLaurin was nominated for two awards for her work on Paul Merton in China.[3] Her recent work includes Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets for Sky Atlantic, The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital for the BBC which was nominated for a Grierson and won Feature of the Year at the Medical Journalist Awards 2017, and The Abused, a feature-length documentary for Channel 5 which was nominated for a BAFTA, and won Best Documentary at the Edinburgh TV Festival 2019. Her latest feature doc Queen of Speed for Sky Docs, won an International Emmy for Best Sports Documentary 2022,.
Filmography
| Year | Film/Programme | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 1998–2004 | Holiday | Director - Numerous |
| 2001–2002 | Airport | Director - 3 episodes |
| 2002 | SAS: Are You Tough Enough? Series one | Director - 3 episodes |
| 2003 | No Going Back | Director - 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Peaches Geldof: Teenage Mind | Director |
| 2006 | Final Chance to Save: Tigers with Sanjeev Bhaskar | Writer and Director |
| 2007 | Paul Merton in China | Director - 4 Episodes |
| 2008 | Dangerous Jobs for Girls | Producer and Director - Episode 1 |
| 2008 | Transvestite Wives | Director |
| 2009–2011 | Banged Up Abroad | Director - 5 episodes |
| 2010 | Martin Clunes:Islands of Britain - The North | Producer and Director - Episode 1 |
| 2011 | Taking On Tyson | Director - 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways | Director - 1 episode |
| 2012 | Married to the Moonies | Producer and Director |
| 2014 | Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets | Producer and Director - 3 episodes |
| 2014 | The Gift | Director - 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Women in Prison | Director - 2 episodes |
| 2017 | The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital | Writer, Director and Producer |
| 2018 | Breaking Bad in Britain | Writer and Director |
| 2019 | The Abused | Director and Producer |
| 2021 | Queen of Speed | Writer and Director |
