Alan Macmillan (born 1949) is a television producer and director.
Education Macmillan was educated at Strathallan School and the Birmingham School of Art.
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. In 1987 he was asked to direct several episodes of Taggart, the Scottish detective series, which he would continue to work on until 2005. 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. 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.
References
External links Alan Macmillan official website
Alan Macmillan at the British Film Institute