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Makalla McPherson

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Makalla McPherson is a writer/director from London. Makalla wrote her debut play When the lights go out for The Oval Theatre in 2018 which was supported by The Arts Council. Makalla was mentored by Coky Giedroyc whilst spending time on the set of BBC Drama, What remains. She was later selected for The Creative Diversity Network scheme and mentored by Executive Producer, Sarah Brown. Makalla has since gone on to direct award-winning TV drama, Waterloo Road and was the main and second unit director on Shondaland's 2023 award winning Netflix series, Queen Charlotte Last year, she also directed the Disney, C4 & Onyx adaptation of Candice Carty-Williams' best-selling novel, Queenie. She directed an episode of S2 series of the new Dr Who, starring Ncuti Gatwa.
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    Varada Sethu and Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who (2023)
    Doctor Who
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Director(directed by)
    Queenie (2024)
    Queenie
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    Angela Griffin, Liam Scholes, Ava Flannery, Vincent Jerome, Noah Valentine, Katherine Pearce, Thapelo Ray, and Adam Ali in Waterloo Road (2006)
    Waterloo Road
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
    4.8
    TV Series
    • Director

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    • Varada Sethu and Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who (2023)
      Doctor Who
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2025
    • Queenie (2024)
      Queenie
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Cynthia Deluola in Ama's Story (2023)
      Ama's Story
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Angela Griffin, Liam Scholes, Ava Flannery, Vincent Jerome, Noah Valentine, Katherine Pearce, Thapelo Ray, and Adam Ali in Waterloo Road (2006)
      Waterloo Road
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • EastEnders (1985)
      EastEnders
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Trial Shift (2021)
      Trial Shift
      Short
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Fragments
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Apple Tree House (2017)
      Apple Tree House
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018–2019
    • Doctors (2000)
      Doctors
      4.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013–2019
    • Owen Phillips, Kanon Narumi, Charlie Geany, Zanele Nyoni, Raniah Morton, Emme Patrick, Moses Amedzro, and Michael Carpenter in The Dumping Ground (2013)
      The Dumping Ground
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Isabel Clifton in Hetty Feather (2015)
      Hetty Feather
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2020
    • Tiny Steps
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Nai Chaida Tera Pyaar
      Video
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Tight Rope
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • India Amarteifio in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023)
      Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • second unit director
      • 2023

    Script and Continuity Department



    • Marc Warren in Van der Valk (2020)
      Van der Valk
      7.0
      TV Series
      • script diversity consultant
      • 2023

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