Jackie Oudney, is a British

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and

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director.

Biography

Jackie Oudney was born and raised in

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, Scotland. She studied Stage Management at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (

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), London and Camera at the

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(

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) in London. She has directed over 30 commercials, winning several international awards including a Silver Lion at Cannes (

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) and a Silver

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pencil. She's also directed two award-winning,

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-nominated short films. In May 2009 she completed her first feature, British

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'', produced by Slingshot from a script by Aschlin Ditta. The film stars

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and

Douglas Henshall Douglas James "Dougie" Henshall (born 19 November 1965) is a Scottish television, film and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Professor Nick Cutter in the science fiction series ''Primeval (TV series), Primeval'' (2007–2011) and D ...

External links

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Rogue Films, London; commercials production agency website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oudney, Jackie Living people Scottish women film directors People from Dundee Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Alumni of the National Film and Television School Year of birth missing (living people)