---
name: "Paulette Randall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paulette-randall"
fi1m_id: "paulette-randall"
tmdb_id: 1291470
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:08.520082+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."
---

# Paulette Randall

## Identity

Paulette Randall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paulette-randall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paulette-randall
- **TMDB ID:** 1291470
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1291470

Director. Born 1 January 1961 in London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1961, London, England
- **Active:** 1960–1989
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Gill Wilkinson](https://film.one/person/gill-wilkinson.md), [Graeme Harper](https://film.one/person/graeme-harper.md), [Richard Holthouse](https://film.one/person/richard-holthouse.md), [Afia Nkrumah](https://film.one/person/afia-nkrumah.md), [Alan Grint](https://film.one/person/alan-grint.md), [Alice Troughton](https://film.one/person/alice-troughton.md), [Andrew Morgan](https://film.one/person/andrew-morgan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 74 (1), 1980s 69 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Soap 3, Drama 2, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1291470

## Coming up

- *National Theatre Live: Mr Loverman* (2027-07-01), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74), [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70), [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

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## Biography

Paulette Randall is a British theatre and television director. Born in London in 1961, she trained as an actress at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama before moving into direction. She co-founded the Theatre of Black Women in 1982 and later served as artistic director of Talawa Theatre Company.

She has directed episodes of television series including *Coronation Street* (since 2025), *Casualty* (2018), *EastEnders*, *Hollyoaks*, *Death in Paradise*, *Tin Star*, *Silent Witness* and *Holby City*. Her producing credits include *Desmond's* (1989–1994). In theatre, she has directed productions such as *Fences* at the Duchess Theatre in 2013, becoming the first black female director to stage a West End production.

Randall was associate director of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was appointed MBE in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to drama.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, coronationstreet.fandom.com, southbankcentre.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *National Theatre Live: Mr Loverman* (2027), Director
- *Southbank at 75: You Are Here* (2026), Director
- *The Wives* (2024), series, Director
- *Tin Star* (2017), series, Director
- *One Night In 2012* (2016), Actor
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, Director
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, Director
- *The Crouches* (2003), series, Producer
- *Kerching!* (2003), series, Producer
- *Comin' Atcha!* (1999), series, Producer
- *Holby City* (1999), series, Director
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Director
- *Porkpie* (1995), series, Producer
- *Hollyoaks* (1995), series, Director
- *The Real McCoy* (1991), series, Producer
- *Desmond's* (1989), series, Associate Producer, Producer
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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