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name: "Ruth Paxton"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "10 September 1984"
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average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T15:23:23.941185+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."
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# Ruth Paxton

Director. Born 10 September 1984 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 10 September 1984, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2206520

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shetland*](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md) (62)

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## Biography

Ruth Paxton is a Scottish film and television director. She graduated in 2007 with an MA in Film and TV from Screen Academy Scotland, having completed an honours degree at Edinburgh College of Art.

Her short films include *Pulse* (2014), for which she won Best Woman Director at the 12th London Short Film Festival, *Paris/Sexy* (2010) and *Be Still My Beating Heart* (2019). She has directed six episodes of the BBC continuing drama *River City* (2020–2021) and six episodes of *Shetland* (2024–2025). Her debut feature, the psychological horror *A Banquet* (2021), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

*Sources: imdb.com, pace.cam.ac.uk, metfilmschool.ac.uk, scotsman.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *NEVADA (A Visual Montage)* (2026), Director
- *BLOOD IS THICKER* (2026), Director
- *A Banquet* (2022), Director
- *Be Still My Beating Heart* (2019), Director, Screenplay
- *Pulse* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Shetland* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Musical Star* (2013), Still Photographer
- *Nevada* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Baroque* (2011), Director, Writer
- *Paris/Sexy* (2010), Director, Writer
- *She Wanted To Be Burnt* (2008), Director, Writer

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