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Charles McDougall
British television and film director
Charles McDougall is a British Emmy Award and BAFTA-winning director.
McDougall has directed for popular television series which include the pilot episode of ABC's Desperate Housewives (which includes the unaired pilot as well). McDougall has also directed episodes of Queer as Folk on Channel 4 and Sex and the City on HBO. McDougall directed the first two episodes of the US TV Series The Tudors as well as an episode of Good Behavior. He won an Emmy for Best Directing for a Comedy Series for his work on Desperate Housewives.
McDougall was an executive producer and director for the pilot episode of The Good Wife. Penned by Robert King and Michelle King (In Justice) the legal drama focuses on a politician's wife (Julianna Margulies) who carves out her own niche as a defense attorney. The Kings and McDougall are executive producing with Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and David Zucker.[1][2]
Short film
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Dogs Playing Poker | Segment of Inside Out III |
| Put Asunder | Segments of Inside Out IV | |
| Save the Wetlands | ||
| 1999 | Steal Away | Segment of Tube Tales |
| 2005 | Desperate Housewives: Oprah Winfrey Is the New Neighbor | |
Feature film
Television
TV movie
- Hillsborough (1996)
- Rules of Engagement (1997)
- Sunday (2002)
- Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (2004)
- Surrender, Dorothy (2006)
- Backyards & Bullets (2007) (Also executive producer)
- Good Behavior (2008)
- Shelter (TBA) (Also executive producer)
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Casualty | Yes | No | Episode "Dangerous Games" |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | Yes | No | 3 episodes |
| 1994 | 99-1 | Yes | No | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Cracker | Yes | No | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Queer as Folk | Yes | No | 4 episodes; Co-creator |
| 2000 | Wonderland | Yes | No | Episode "20/20 Hindsight" |
| 2000–2002 | Sex and the City | Yes | No | 6 episodes |
| 2002 | Push, Nevada | Yes | No | Episode "The Black Box" |
| 2003 | Keen Eddie | Yes | No | Episode "Achtung Baby" |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Yes | No | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2005–2012 | The Office | Yes | No | 8 episodes |
| 2006 | Big Love | Yes | No | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | The Tudors | Yes | Yes | 2 episodes |
| Big Shots | Yes | No | Episode "Pilot" | |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Yes | Yes | 2 episodes |
| 2009–2011 | Parks and Recreation | Yes | No | Episodes "Kaboom" and "Pawnee Rangers" |
| 2011 | The Chicago Code | Yes | Yes | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2012–2013 | The Mindy Project | Yes | Yes | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | House of Cards | Yes | No | Episode "Chapter 7" and "Chapter 8" |
| 2014 | Resurrection | Yes | Yes | Episode "The Returned" |
| 2015 | Mad Dogs | Yes | Yes | Episode "Pilot" |
| Secrets and Lies | Yes | Yes | Episode "The Trail" | |
| 2016 | The Secret Agent | Yes | No | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Yes | No | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Julia | Yes | No | Episode: "Omelette" |
| 2023 | Three Little Birds | Yes | No | 2 episodes |
- Nellie Andreeva (February 8, 2009). "CBS picks up five pilots". Reuters/Hollywood Reporter.