Minkie Spiro
British cinema and TV director and producer
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Career
Minkie Spiro is the daughter of Robin and Nitza Spiro. Her father is an ex-member of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. The spouses co-founded the Spiro Ark, a renowned Jewish education institute. Minkie Spiro, who has 5 sisters and a brother, grew up in St John’s Wood.[1][2] She studied Graphic Design at Central St. Martins School of Art in London and worked as a photographer for BBC in the early 1990s. As a photojournalist, she covered the Bosnian War and Operation Solomon.[3][4] She also worked for Channel 4.[5] Later, she obtained a Masters degree in Film Directing from the Royal College of Art.[6][7]
Her early film work includes The Boxer (1995), Strangers in Paradise (1996), and Rat Woman (1997).[8] Her credits as a television director include Holby City, Better Call Saul, Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife, Skins, Doc Martin, Jessica Jones, and many more.[9][6][10] In 2019, she directed the pilot of The Village. Spiro also served as an executive producer on the series.[11]
In 2018, she became a BAFTA member.[12] Spiro served as a member of the International Competition jury at 2025 Series Mania festival.[13]
She directed four episodes of the mini-series All Her Fault for NBC Universal, which stars Sarah Snook and Dakota Fanning.[14][15][16]
Selected works
Cinema
TV Series
- Dead to Me (2019), episodes 5-6
- The Plot Against America (2020), Parts 1-3[9][17]
- Fosse/Verdon (2019), episode "All I Care About Is Love"[18]
- Pieces of Her, (2022), director and executive producer[19]
- 3 Body Problem (2024), episodes 4-6[6]
- Toxic Town (2025), director and executive producer[20]
- All Her Fault (2025), director: episodes 1-4, executive producer
Awards and nominations
- 2004 – BAFTA Best New Director (Fiction) nomination (for Holby City);[21]
- 2019 – Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film nomination (for Fosse/Verdon episode All I Care About Is Love).