Barbie MacLaurin (born 1964) is an Emmy award winning, BAFTA nominated British Documentary Director.

Director

MacLaurin started directing on the

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'' television series'. Thereafter, she filmed several documentaries including ''Final Chance to Save Tigers''. In 2008 MacLaurin was nominated for two awards for her work on ''

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''. Her recent work includes '' Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets'' for

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,
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

Awards and nominations

*2008: Nominated for the

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with Paul Sommers, Mark Chapman and

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for ''

''. *2008: Nominated for a Broadcast Award for ''Paul Merton in China''. *2017: Winner Feature of the Year, Medical Journalist Awards for ''The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital'' *2017: Nominated Best Science Documentary, Grierson Awards for ''The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital'' *2018: Winner Best Science Program, Banff Awards for ''The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital'' *2018: Nominated Best Documentary, Broadcast Awards for ''The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital'' *2019: Winner Best Documentary, Edinburgh Festival TV Awards for ''The Abused'' *2019: Winner Best Domestic Affairs, International Broadcasters Awards for ''The Abused'' *2020: Nominated Best Single Documentary, BAFTA for ''The Abused'',

' *2020: Nominated Best Documentary, Broadcast Awards for ''The Abused'' *2022: Winner Best Sports Documentary, International Emmys for ''Queen of Speed''

References

External links

Barbie MacLaurin official website
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Barbie MacLaurin at the British Film InstituteBarbie MacLaurin at Directors UK
1964 births Living people People educated at Strathallan School British television producers British women television producers British television directors British women television directors {{tv-director-stub