---
name: "Ruth Carney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ruth-carney"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T15:53:11.866836+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."
---

# Ruth Carney

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2012–2013
- **Frequently works with:** [Thaddeus O'Sullivan](https://film.one/person/thaddeus-osullivan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3219220

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Call the Midwife*](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shetland*](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Ruth Carney is a television, film and theatre director. She studied at the University of Sheffield and completed an MA in Theatre Directing at the Russian Theatre Academy in Moscow and Middlesex University. She has directed in the West End and on Broadway.

Carney entered television via the BBC Directors Scheme and has also taken part in the High-End TV Stepping Up Scheme and the Directors UK Inspire Scheme. Her credits include episodes of *Shetland* (2013), *Call the Midwife* (2012), *Brassic* (2019), *Death in Paradise* (2011), *Father Brown* (2013) and *Emmerdale* (1972). Her first feature, *Amazing Grace*, has completed post-production.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Tell Me Everything* (2022), series, Director
- *Brassic* (2019), series, Director
- *Shetland* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, Director
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, Director
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, Director
- *Doctors* (2000), series, Director
- *Holby City* (1999), series, Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Director
- *Amazing Grace*, Director

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