Minkie Spiro is a British cinema and TV Director and Executive Producer.

Career

Minkie Spiro is the daughter of Robin and Nitza Spiro. Her father is an ex-member of the

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. The spouses co-founded the Spiro Ark, a renowned Jewish education institute. Minkie Spiro, who has 5 sisters and a brother, grew up in St John’s Wood. She studied Graphic Design at Central St. Martins School of Art in London and worked as a photographer for

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in the early 1990s. As a photojournalist, she covered the

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and

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. She also worked for Channel 4. Later, she obtained a Masters degree in Film Directing from the

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. Her early works include ''The Boxer'' (1995), ''Strangers in Paradise'' (1996), and ''Rat Woman'' (1997). Her credits as a television director include

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, Skins,

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, and many more. In 2018, she became

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member. In 2019, she directed the pilot of '' The Village''. Spiro also served as an executive producer on the series. Spiro served as a member of the International Competition jury at 2025

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festival. Her upcoming mini-series project '' All Her Fault'' for

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stars

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Selected works

Cinema

*''Rat Women'' short (1997); *''Tales from the reading room'' (2000); *''I Am Ruthie Segal, Hear Me Roar'' (2009);

TV Series

*'' Dead to Me'' (2019); *''The Plot Against America'' (2020). *''

Fosse/Verdon ''Fosse/Verdon'' is a 2019 American biographical drama miniseries, developed by Steven Levenson and Thomas Kail. Based on the biography ''Fosse'' by Sam Wasson, the series charts the troubled marriage and professional relationship of director ...

'' episode ''All I Care About Is Love''; * '' Pieces of Her'', director and executive producer (2022); * '' 3 Body Problem'', episodes 4, 5, 6. * ''

Toxic Town ''Toxic Town'' is a British drama miniseries, written by Jack Thorne. It follows the story of three mothers involved in the Corby toxic waste case. The four-part series was released worldwide on Netflix on 27 February 2025. Cast * Jodie Whitt ...

'' (2025).

Awards and nominations

*2004 –

Best New Director (Fiction) nomination (for

); *2019 –

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Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film nomination (for ''

'' episode ''All I Care About Is Love'').

References

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