Barbie MacLaurin

Barbie MacLaurin (born 1964) is an Emmy award-winning, BAFTA nominated British Documentary Director.

Director

MacLaurin started directing on the BBC's Holiday and Airport television series'. Thereafter, she filmed several documentaries including Final Chance to Save Tigers. In 2008 MacLaurin was nominated for two awards for her work on Paul Merton in China. Her recent work includes Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets for Sky Atlantic, The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital for the BBC which was nominated for a Grierson and won Feature of the Year at the Medical Journalist Awards 2017, and The Abused, a feature-length documentary for Channel 5 which was nominated for a BAFTA,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Single_Documentary and won Best Documentary at the Edinburgh TV Festival 2019. Her latest feature doc Queen of Speed for Sky Docs, https://www.sky.com/watch/title/programme/041378a6-68e9-43c2-8174-6a442438bde4/queen-of-speed-041378a6-68e9-43c2-8174-6a442438bde4won an International Emmy for Best Sports Documentary 2022,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Emmy_Award_for_Best_Sports_Documentary.

2008: Nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Factual Series or Strand with Paul Sommers, Mark Chapman and Paul Merton for Paul Merton in China.
2008: Nominated for a Broadcast Award for Paul Merton in China.
2017: Winner Feature of the Year, Medical Journalist Awards for The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
2017: Nominated Best Science Documentary, Grierson Awards for The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
2018: Winner Best Science Program, Banff Awards for The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
2018: Nominated Best Documentary, Broadcast Awards for The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
2019: Winner Best Documentary, Edinburgh Festival TV Awards for The Abused
2019: Winner Best Domestic Affairs, International Broadcasters Awards for The Abused
2020: Nominated Best Single Documentary, BAFTA for The Abused,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Single_Documentary
2020: Nominated Best Documentary, Broadcast Awards for The Abused
2022: Winner Best Sports Documentary, International Emmys for Queen of Speed