Ursula Macfarlane

Ursula Macfarlane is a British film director known for her sensitive, character-driven documentary style and for combining intimate storytelling with broader social themes.^[1][2]

In 2007, Macfarlane and Saskia Wilson were nominated for a BAFTA for Breaking Up With The Joneses.^[3]

Filmography

Director

Year	Title	Type	Distributor / Platform	Festivals / Awards	Notes
2006	Breaking Up With The Joneses	Documentary	Channel 4	BAFTA Television Craft nomination	Domestic feature documentary
2015	Charlie Hebdo: Three Days That Shook Paris	Drama-documentary / TV film	Channel 4	–	Docu-drama on 2015 Paris attacks
2016	West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic	Documentary / TV film	BBC	–	Behind-the-scenes historical documentary
2016	Warwick Davis: The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz	Documentary / TV film	Channel 5	–	Holocaust-related documentary
2017	One Deadly Weekend in America	Documentary	BBC Three / Netflix (selected regions)	–	Gun-violence themed documentary
2019	Untouchable	Feature documentary	Hulu	Sundance Film Festival premiere; multiple nominations	Harvey Weinstein documentary
2021	The Lost Sons	Feature documentary	CNN Films	–	True-crime/identity documentary
2023	Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me	Feature documentary	Netflix	–	Biographical documentary
2025	My Brain: After the Rupture	Documentary	–	–	Upcoming / announced

Producer

Year	Title	Type	Role	Distributor / Platform	Notes
2019	Untouchable	Feature documentary	Co-producer	Hulu	Produced with Lightbox founders Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn

Writer

Year	Title	Type	Role	Notes
2019	Untouchable	Feature documentary	Story / structural writer	As director, contributed to narrative development and interviews