---
name: "Fraser Macdonald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fraser-macdonald"
fi1m_id: "fraser-macdonald"
imdb_id: "nm1287855"
tmdb_id: 1562017
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T13:25:52.253207+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."
---

# Fraser Macdonald

## Identity

Fraser Macdonald

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fraser-macdonald
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fraser-macdonald
- **IMDb ID:** nm1287855
- **TMDB ID:** 1562017
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1287855/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1562017

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2002–2004
- **Frequently works with:** [Catherine Morshead](https://film.one/person/catherine-morshead.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1287855/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1562017

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Fraser Macdonald is a British television director. He trained at the National Film and Television School, where he wrote and directed three short films. His television career began in 2003 with six episodes of the long-running series *The Bill*.

Macdonald has directed episodes of numerous British dramas and comedies. These include two episodes of *Shameless* (2008), four episodes of *Secret Diary of a Call Girl* (2008), ten episodes of *Waterloo Road* (2009–2012), and two episodes of *Mr Selfridge* (2016). He has also worked on *Holby City*, *Bedlam*, *Millie Inbetween*, *Borderline* and *Royal Mob*.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Cutting It* (2002), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/cutting-it.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Royal Mob* (2022), series, Director, Creator
- *Millie Inbetween* (2014), series, Director
- *Mr Selfridge* (2013), series, Director
- *Secret Diary of a Call Girl* (2007), series, Director
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Cutting It* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/cutting-it.md)
- *Lay of the Land* (1998), Director
- *Edinburgh Pub Tales* (1996), Writer, Director

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