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name: "Syd Macartney"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1954"
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average_as: "director"
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updated: "2026-09-17T16:00:14.774998+00:00"
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# Syd Macartney

Director. Born 1 January 1954 in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1954, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Also known as:** Sydney Macartney, Sydney MacCartney
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64064456, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531296/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/140285

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Syd Macartney is a British director and former cinematographer. He was born on 24 July 1954 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He trained as a lighting cameraman at the National Film School and worked as director of photography on the series The Living Body and the feature films Party Party (1983) and Underworld (1985).

Macartney began directing with commercials and later moved into television and film. He is known for directing episodes of Call the Midwife (2016–2025), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992), The Canterville Ghost (1996) and A Love Divided (1999). He has also directed episodes of Last Tango in Halifax (2015) and other series.

*Sources: imdb.com, mckinneymacartney.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Pat & Cabbage* (2013), series, Director
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Hounded* (2010), Director
- *The Good Housekeeping Guide* (2006), series, Director
- *Being April* (2002), series, Director
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920* (1999), Director
- *A Love Divided* (1999), Director
- *The Canterville Ghost* (1996), Director
- *The Whipping Boy* (1994), Director
- *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, Director
- *The Bridge* (1992), Director
- *Yellowthread Street* (1990), series, Director
- *Underworld* (1985), Director of Photography
- *The Terminal Game* (1982), Lighting Camera

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