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name: "Charlie McDowell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charlie-mcdowell"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "10 July 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T02:49:52.854801+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Charlie McDowell

Director. Born 10 July 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 10 July 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Also known as:** 찰리 맥도웰

## Biography

Charlie McDowell is an American film director and screenwriter. Born on 10 July 1983 in Los Angeles, California, he is the son of actors Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen. He trained at the AFI Conservatory.

McDowell made his feature directorial debut with the romantic thriller *The One I Love* (2014). He has since directed the Netflix films *The Discovery* (2017) and *Windfall* (2022), and episodes of television series including *Silicon Valley* (2016), *Legion* (2018), *Dear White People* (2017–2018), *On Becoming a God in Central Florida* (2019) and *Tales from the Loop* (2020).

He has been married to actress Lily Collins since September 2021.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Silicon Valley* (2014), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)

## Also known for

- *Legion* (2017), Director
- *The Discovery* (2017), Director, Writer
- *The One I Love* (2014), Director
- *Tales from the Loop* (2020), Director
- *Windfall* (2022), Story, Director
- *Dear White People* (2017), Director
- *On Becoming a God in Central Florida* (2019), Director

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