Charles McDougall

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Charles McDougall is a British Emmy Award and BAFTA-winning director.

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Biography

McDougall has directed for popular television series which include the pilot episode of ABC's Desperate Housewives (which includes the unaired pilot as well). McDougall has also directed episodes of Queer as Folk on Channel 4 and Sex and the City on HBO. McDougall directed the first two episodes of the US TV Series The Tudors as well as an episode of Good Behavior. He won an Emmy for Best Directing for a Comedy Series for his work on Desperate Housewives .

McDougall was an executive producer and director for the pilot episode of The Good Wife . Penned by Robert King and Michelle King ( In Justice ) the legal drama focuses on a politician's wife (Julianna Margulies) who carves out her own niche as a defense attorney. The Kings and McDougall are executive producing with Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and David Zucker. [1] [2]

Filmography

Film

Short film

YearTitleNotes
1992Dogs Playing PokerSegment of Inside Out III
Put AsunderSegments of Inside Out IV
Save the Wetlands
1999Steal AwaySegment of Tube Tales
2005Desperate Housewives: Oprah Winfrey Is the New Neighbor 

Feature film

Television

TV movies

YearTitleDirectorExecutive
Producer
1996 Hillsborough YesNo
1997Rules of EngagementYesNo
2002 Sunday YesNo
2004 Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss YesNo
2006Surrender, DorothyYesNo
2007Backyards & BulletsYesYes
2008Good BehaviorYesNo
2017ShelterYesYes

TV series

YearTitleDirectorExecutive
Producer
Notes
1991 Casualty YesNoEpisode "Dangerous Games"
1992 Between the Lines YesNo3 episodes
1994 99-1 YesNo2 episodes
1995 Cracker YesNo2 episodes
1999 Queer as Folk YesNo4 episodes;
Co-creator
2000 Wonderland YesNoEpisode "20/20 Hindsight"
2000–2002 Sex and the City YesNo6 episodes
2002 Push, Nevada YesNoEpisode "The Black Box"
2003 Keen Eddie YesNoEpisode "Achtung Baby"
2004 Desperate Housewives YesNoEpisode "Pilot"
2005–2012 The Office YesNo8 episodes
2006 Big Love YesNo2 episodes
2007 The Tudors YesYes2 episodes
Big Shots YesNoEpisode "Pilot"
2009 The Good Wife YesYes2 episodes
2009–2011 Parks and Recreation YesNoEpisodes "Kaboom" and "Pawnee Rangers"
2011 The Chicago Code YesYesEpisode "Pilot"
2012–2013 The Mindy Project YesYes3 episodes
2013 House of Cards YesNoEpisode "Chapter 7" and "Chapter 8"
2014 Resurrection YesYesEpisode "The Returned"
2015 Mad Dogs YesYesEpisode "Pilot"
Secrets and Lies YesYesEpisode "The Trail"
2016 The Secret Agent YesNo3 episodes
2019 Four Weddings and a Funeral YesNo2 episodes
2022 Julia YesNoEpisode "Omelette"
2023 Three Little Birds YesNo2 episodes

References

  1. https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090306/people_nm/us_margulies [ dead link ]
  2. Nellie Andreeva (February 8, 2009). "CBS picks up five pilots". Reuters/Hollywood Reporter.