---
name: "Michael Keillor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-keillor"
fi1m_id: "michael-keillor"
imdb_id: "nm2385770"
tmdb_id: 1538320
wikidata_id: "Q63477847"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T19:55:59.906952+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."
---

# Michael Keillor

## Identity

Michael Keillor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-keillor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-keillor
- **IMDb ID:** nm2385770
- **TMDB ID:** 1538320
- **Wikidata ID:** Q63477847
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63477847, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2385770/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1538320

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1984–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Catherine Morshead](https://film.one/person/catherine-morshead.md), [Paul Unwin](https://film.one/person/paul-unwin.md), [Susan Tully](https://film.one/person/susan-tully.md), [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Alice Troughton](https://film.one/person/alice-troughton.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Audrey Cooke](https://film.one/person/audrey-cooke.md), [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (1), 2000s 75 (1), 2010s 75 (2), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Soap 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63477847, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2385770/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1538320

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Line of Duty*](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md) (79), [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75), [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Best Interests*](https://film.one/tv/best-interests.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*Silk*](https://film.one/tv/silk.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Michael Keillor is a British television director. He began his career directing short films, commercials and pop promos before moving into continuing drama, with early credits including episodes of *Doctors*, *EastEnders* and *The Bill*.

He has directed episodes of *Shameless* (2004), *Mr Selfridge* (2013), *Silk* (2011), *Holby City* (1999) and *EastEnders* (1985). His work on the third series of *Line of Duty* (2012) earned a BAFTA Scotland nomination for best director. He launched the BBC One series *Strike* (2017) and has since directed the miniseries *Chimerica* (2019), *Roadkill* (2020), *Best Interests* (2023) and *The Bombing of Pan Am 103* (2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk, directorsnow.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Best Interests* (2023), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/best-interests.md)
- *Line of Duty* (2012), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *Silk* (2011), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/silk.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Bombing of Pan Am 103* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Best Interests* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/best-interests.md)
- *Roadkill* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Chimerica* (2019), series, Director
- *Strike* (2017), series, Director
- *Critical* (2015), series, Director
- *Liam and Lenka* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Mr Selfridge* (2013), series, Director
- *Line of Duty* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *Young James Herriot* (2011), series, Director
- *Silk* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/silk.md)
- *EastEnders: E20* (2010), series, Director
- *Labour* (2010), Director
- *I Shouldn't Be Alive* (2005), series, Director
- *Shameless* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Coming Up* (2003), series, Director
- *Doctors* (2000), series, Director
- *Holby City* (1999), series, Director
- *Dream Team* (1997), series, Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director

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