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name: "Sallie Aprahamian"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sallie-aprahamian"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T22:37:00.272272+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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# Sallie Aprahamian

Director. Born 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1950
- **Active:** 1996–2005
- **Works often with:** Jane Fallon, Joe Ahearne, Matthew Graham

## Biography

Sallie Aprahamian is a British television and film director. She began her career in theatre, directing over thirty productions of new work for companies including M6, Lancaster Playhouse and the Women’s Theatre Group. She co-founded Plain Clothes Productions and developed and directed the play Blue Night In The Heart Of The West, which won the George Devine Award.

She moved into television in the late 1980s, initially as a script editor on EastEnders before directing on Eldorado and other series. Her credits include episodes of This Life (1996), Teachers (2001), The Sins, The Lakes, Wolfblood, The Dumping Ground, The Worst Witch, Hetty Feather, Poldark (lead director on the final season), Doctor Who (2018), Fate: The Winx Saga, COBRA and Domina. She directed the feature film Broken Lines (2008), which screened at the Venice and London film festivals.

Aprahamian has received multiple BAFTA nominations for her television work.

*Sources: sallieaprahamian.com, imdb.com, directors.uk.com, shannonsullivan.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *This Life* (1996), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-life.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Doctor Who* (2005), Director
- *Teachers* (2001), Director

## Also known for

- *Fate: The Winx Saga* (2021), Director
- *Poldark* (2015), Director
- *Wolfblood* (2012), Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), Director
- *The Worst Witch* (2017), Director
- *Domina* (2021), Director
- *Silent Witness* (1996), Director
- *Casualty* (1986), Director

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