Minkie Spiro
Minkie Spiro | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) |
| Occupation(s) | TV and film director, producer |
Minkie Spiro is a British cinema and TV director and producer.
Career
[edit]Minkie Spiro is the daughter of Robin and Nitza Spiro. Her father is an ex-member of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. 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.[1][2] She studied Graphic Design at Central St. Martins School of Art in London and worked as a photographer for BBC in the early 1990s. As a photojournalist, she covered the Bosnian War and Operation Solomon.[3][4] She also worked for Channel 4.[5]
Later, she obtained a Masters degree in Film Directing from the Royal College of Art.[6][7]
Her early works include The Boxer (1995), Strangers in Paradise (1996), and Rat Woman (1997).[8]
Her credits as a television director include Holby City, Better Call Saul, Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife, Skins, Doc Martin, Jessica Jones, and many more.[9][6][10]
In 2018, she became BAFTA member.[11]
In 2019, she directed the pilot of The Village. Spiro also served as an executive producer on the series.[12]
Spiro served as a member of the International Competition jury at 2025 Series Mania festival.[13]
Her upcoming mini-series project All Her Fault for NBC Universal stars Dakota Fanning.[14][15][16]
Selected works
[edit]Cinema
[edit]- Rat Women short (1997);[4]
- Tales from the reading room (2000);[9]
- I Am Ruthie Segal, Hear Me Roar (2009);
TV Series
[edit]- Dead to Me (2019);
- The Plot Against America (2020).[9][17]
- Fosse/Verdon episode All I Care About Is Love;[18]
- Pieces of Her, director and executive producer (2022);[19]
- 3 Body Problem, episodes 4, 5, 6.[6]
- Toxic Town (2025).[20]
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 2004 – BAFTA Best New Director (Fiction) nomination (for Holby City);[21]
- 2019 – Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film nomination (for Fosse/Verdon episode All I Care About Is Love).
References
[edit]- ^ Grant, Brian (2020-07-10). "The United Hates of America". The Jewish News UK. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "The Jewish side of Downton Abbey Surprises await". J Weekly. 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ Gardiner, Margaret (2016-03-21). "Director Minkie Spiro: It's Not A Gender Thing; It's A Work Thing". The Golden Globes. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ a b "The 32nd Annual New York Exposition of Short Film and Video". The IDA. 1999-01-04. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "Minkie Spiro is the director of the new Channel 4 series No Angels , which starts this week. It's a ten-part drama focusing on a gang of four young nurses in Leeds. She has also just directed episodes 4 and 5 of BBC's the Hustle". BBC. 2004-03-01. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ a b c "Minkie Spiro signs to Knucklehead". Shots Magazine. 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "The Jewish Duchess of Downton Abbey". The Jewish Chronicle. 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "Tales from the reading room Minkie Spiro". Premier Plans Anger. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ a b c "Rat Women Minkie Spiro". Frauen Film Fest. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "'3 Body Problem' Episode 5 Recap: Judgment Day". The NYT. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (2018-12-12). "BAFTA Reveals 2018 New Members: Jodie Whittaker, Hugh Grant, Letitia Wright, Willem Dafoe Among Crop; See Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (2018-05-13). "NBC Fall 2018-19 Schedule: 'Chicago'-Branded Wednesday, 'SVU' To Thursday, 'The Blacklist' Held For Midseason, 'World Of Dance' Moves In-Season". Dadline. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (2025-03-31). "Spanish series Querer triumphs at Series Mania". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "Minkie Spiro". Series Mania. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "About Minkie Spiro". The Academy. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ Cordero, Rosy (2024-07-24). "Jake Lacy, Sophia Lillis & Michael Peña Board Sarah Snook-Led Peacock Series 'All Her Fault'". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "The Plot Against America comes to UK TV". The Jewish Chronicle. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (2020-01-06). "Directors Guild TV Awards Unveil Longform, Documentary, Variety, Reality, Kids 2020 Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ Petski, Denise; Andreeva, Nellie (3 February 2020). "Toni Collette To Star In 'Pieces Of Her' Netflix Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ Goldbart, Max (2023-08-10). "'Toxic Town': Netflix Greenlights Jack Thorne-Penned Corby Poisonings Series Starring Aimee Lou Wood, Jodie Whittaker, Robert Carlyle". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "Stars of Holby City Unite to Mark the End of the Soap Favourite". Celebrity Angels. 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2025-04-28.