Hettie Macdonald is an English film,[1] theatre and television director.
In 2009, SFX named the episode's climax as the scariest moment in Doctor Who's history, citing its "perfect direction".
[9] Macdonald would return to the series in 2015 to direct the year's opening story.
Macdonald made her feature-length film directorial debut on 1996's Beautiful Thing, which received mostly positive reviews and is considered by many to be an LGBTQ+ classic.
[10] She did not direct another film for cinemas until 2023's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, which has also received positive reviews.