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Minkie Spiro
British cinema and TV director and producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Minkie Spiro is a British cinema and TV Director and Executive Producer.
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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]
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Selected works
Cinema
TV Series
- 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
- 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).
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