---
name: "Makalla McPherson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/makalla-mcpherson"
fi1m_id: "makalla-mcpherson"
imdb_id: "nm4702089"
tmdb_id: 4738231
wikidata_id: "Q127929649"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:27:56.370934+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."
---

# Makalla McPherson

## Identity

Makalla McPherson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/makalla-mcpherson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** makalla-mcpherson
- **IMDb ID:** nm4702089
- **TMDB ID:** 4738231
- **Wikidata ID:** Q127929649
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127929649, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4702089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4738231

Director. Born in London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127929649, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4702089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4738231

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## Biography

Makalla McPherson is a British writer and director from London. She began directing music videos and short films before moving into television drama. She graduated from the London Film School with an MA in Screenwriting in 2016, having originally enrolled on the filmmaking course.

McPherson has directed episodes of *Doctors* (2013–2019), *Apple Tree House* (2018–2019), *EastEnders* (2021), *Waterloo Road* (2023), *Queenie* (2024) and an episode of *Doctor Who* (2025). She also served as main and second unit director on *Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story* (2023). In 2018 she wrote her debut stage play *When the Lights Go Out*, staged at the Oval Theatre with Arts Council support. She was mentored by Coky Giedroyc on the BBC drama *What Remains* and participated in the Creative Diversity Network scheme.

*Sources: imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk, lfs.org.uk, shannonsullivan.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Queenie* (2024), series, Director
- *Doctor Who* (2024), series, Director
- *Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story* (2023), series, Second Unit Director
- *Apple Tree House* (2017), series, Director
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, Director
- *Doctors* (2000), series, Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/makalla-mcpherson