Alan Macmillan

Alan Macmillan (born 1949) is a television producer and director.^[1][2][3]

Education

Macmillan was educated at Strathallan School and the Birmingham School of Art.^[2]

Director

Macmillan started his directing career in the mid-1980s making several documentaries and a docudrama called Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Dreams and Recollections for Scottish Television.^[2] In 1987 he was asked to direct several episodes of Taggart, the Scottish detective series, which he would continue to work on until 2005.^[2][4] Macmillan was producer and director of Crime Story: The Britoil Affair, which was nominated in the Best Single Drama category at the 1993 BAFTA Scotland Awards.^[1] He also directed numerous episodes of The Bill and most of series six of Ballykissangel.

Filmography

Year	Film/Programme	Credit
1985	The Garden Within	Director
1986	Held in Trust	Director
1987	Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Dreams and Recollections	Director
1987-2005	Taggart	Director - 15 episodes
1990	Take The High Road	Director - 8 episodes
1992-1994	Crime Story	Producer and director - 3 episodes
1996	The Witch's Daughter (film)	Director
1998	Minty	Director - 13 episodes
2000-2007	The Bill	Director - 21 episodes
2001	Ballykissangel Series six	Director - 5 episodes
2002	Nice Guy Eddie	Director
2003	Jeopardy	Director - 1 episode
2006	There's Been a Murder: A Celebration of Taggart	Director
2007	Casualty	Director - 1 episode
2009	Roy	Director - 5 episodes

Awards and nominations

• 1993: Nominated for the Bafta Scotland Award for Best Single Drama for Crime Story: The Britoil Affair.^[1]