Charles McDougall

For the U.S. Army general, see Charles McDougall (U.S. Army).

Charles McDougall is a British Emmy Award and BAFTA-winning director.

Biography

McDougall has directed for popular television series which include the pilot episode of ABC's Desperate Housewives (which includes the unaired pilot as well). McDougall has also directed episodes of Queer as Folk on Channel 4 and Sex and the City on HBO. McDougall directed the first two episodes of the US TV Series The Tudors as well as an episode of Good Behavior. He won an Emmy for Best Directing for a Comedy Series for his work on Desperate Housewives.

McDougall was an executive producer and director for the pilot episode of The Good Wife. Penned by Robert King and Michelle King (In Justice) the legal drama focuses on a politician's wife (Julianna Margulies) who carves out her own niche as a defense attorney. The Kings and McDougall are executive producing with Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and David Zucker.[1][2]

Filmography

Short film

Year Title Notes
1992 Dogs Playing Poker Segment of Inside Out III
Put Asunder Segments of Inside Out IV
Save the Wetlands
1999 Steal Away Segment of Tube Tales
2005 Desperate Housewives: Oprah Winfrey Is the New Neighbor  

Feature film

  • Arrivederci Millwall (1990)
  • Heart (1999)
  • Ana (2020)

Television

TV movie

TV series

Year Title Director Executive
Producer 		Notes
1991 Casualty Yes No Episode "Dangerous Games"
1992 Between the Lines Yes No 3 episodes
1994 99-1 Yes No 2 episodes
1995 Cracker Yes No 2 episodes
1999 Queer as Folk Yes No 4 episodes;
Co-creator
2000 Wonderland Yes No Episode "20/20 Hindsight"
2000–2002 Sex and the City Yes No 6 episodes
2002 Push, Nevada Yes No Episode "The Black Box"
2003 Keen Eddie Yes No Episode "Achtung Baby"
2004 Desperate Housewives Yes No Episode "Pilot"
2005–2012 The Office Yes No 8 episodes
2006 Big Love Yes No 2 episodes
2007 The Tudors Yes Yes 2 episodes
Big Shots Yes No Episode "Pilot"
2009 The Good Wife Yes Yes 2 episodes
2009–2011 Parks and Recreation Yes No Episodes "Kaboom" and "Pawnee Rangers"
2011 The Chicago Code Yes Yes Episode "Pilot"
2012–2013 The Mindy Project Yes Yes 3 episodes
2013 House of Cards Yes No Episode "Chapter 7" and "Chapter 8"
2014 Resurrection Yes Yes Episode "The Returned"
2015 Mad Dogs Yes Yes Episode "Pilot"
Secrets and Lies Yes Yes Episode "The Trail"
2016 The Secret Agent Yes No 3 episodes
2019 Four Weddings and a Funeral Yes No 2 episodes
2022 Julia Yes No Episode: "Omelette"
2023 Three Little Birds Yes No 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090306/people_nm/us_margulies [dead link‍]
  2. ^ Nellie Andreeva (February 8, 2009). "CBS picks up five pilots". Reuters/Hollywood Reporter.