Alan Macmillan (born 1949) is a television producer and director.[1][2][3]
Macmillan was educated at Strathallan School and the Birmingham School of Art.[2]
Macmillan started his directing career in the mid-1980s making several documentaries and a docudrama called Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Dreams and Recollections 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 Crime Story: The Britoil Affair, 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.
Year | Film/Programme | Credit |
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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 |