Michelle MacLaren

Michelle Maxwell MacLaren (born 1965 in Canada ) is a Canadian film and television producer and film and television director .

Life

MacLaren grew up in Vancouver , British Columbia and later attended Queen's University in Kingston , Ontario , where she graduated in 1986. She worked as a producer for several television films from 1992 and switched to the production of television series in 1999, where she has been an executive producer ever since . She has also been working as a director since 2002. She made a formative contribution to the series X-Files - The FBI's uncanny cases , where she directed one episode and worked as co-executive producer in 46 episodes and Breaking Bad , where she directed eleven episodes and co- directed 13 episodes -Executive Producer and worked as Executive Producer in 29 episodes. She also directed several episodes of The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones , and numerous other series in one episode each.

In November 2014, it was announced that MacLaren would make her directorial debut in a major cinema production in the film Wonder Woman, planned for 2017 . In April 2015, however, she left the project because of "creative differences".

Michelle MacLaren has received several awards for her work as a producer and director of television series, including two Emmys and two PGA Awards .

Filmography

As a producer

• 1992: Raped: A City Under Charges ( Shame , TV movie)
• 1993: For the Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story (TV movie)
• 1993: Fate of a Surrogate Mother ( Moment of Truth: A Child Too Many , TV movie)
• 1994: Moment of Truth: To Walk Again (TV movie)
• 1994: Justice for My Son ( Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges , TV movie)
• 1994: Heart of a Child (TV movie)
• 1994: Willless: A Woman Under Hypnosis ( Moment of Truth: Cult Rescue , TV movie)
• 1995: The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie (TV movie)
• 1997: Strokes of Fate ( A Child's Wish , TV movie)
• 1998: Beauty (TV movie)
• 1999: Flieg ins Licht, Maryann ( A Song from the Heart , TV movie, Executive Producer)
• 1999–2000: Virtual Reality - Fight for Survival ( Harsh Realm , TV series, 8 episodes, co-executive producer)
• 2000–2002: The X-Files - The Scary Cases of the FBI ( The X-Files , TV series, 46 episodes, co-executive producer)
• 2005: Night Stalker (TV series, episode, co-executive producer)
• 2010-2013: Breaking Bad (TV series, 13 episodes as co-executive producer, 29 episodes as executive producer)
• 2013: Chicks'n'Guns (Direct-to-Video, Executive Producer)
• 2017: The Deuce (TV series, episode, executive producer)

As a director

• 2002: The X-Files - The FBI's Scary Cases ( The X-Files , TV series, an episode)
• 2002: Without a Trace ( Without a Trace , TV series, an episode)
• 2003: The John Doe Case! ( John Doe , TV series, an episode)
• 2006: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, episode)
• 2006: Population 436 (direct-to-video)
• 2006: Kyle XY (TV series, an episode)
• 2009–2013: Breaking Bad (TV series, 11 episodes)
• 2010: Memphis Beat (TV series, an episode)
• 2010: Lie to Me (TV series, one episode)
• 2010: The Event (TV series, episode)
• 2010–2014: The Walking Dead (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2011: Camelot (TV series, an episode)
• 2011: Hell on Wheels (TV series, one episode)
• 2012: Navy CIS (TV series, episode)
• 2012: The River (TV series, episode)
• 2013: Chicks'n'Guns (Direct-to-Video)
• 2013–2014: Game of Thrones (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2014: The Leftovers (TV series, one episode)
• 2015-2018: Better Call Saul (TV series, two episodes)
• 2016: Westworld (TV series, episode)
• 2017: Modern Family (TV series, episode)
• 2017: The Deuce (TV series, two episodes)
• 2019: The Morning Show (an episode)

Awards and nominations

	Result	category	Award
2010	Nominated	Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Primetime Emmy Award
	Nominated	Outstanding Drama Series
2011	Nominated	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	PGA Award
2012	Nominated	Outstanding Drama Series	Primetime Emmy Award
	Nominated	Best Direction in a Drama Series	OFTA Television Award
2013	Won	Outstanding Drama Series	Primetime Emmy Award
	Nominated	Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Primetime Emmy Award
	Nominated	Best Direction in a Drama Series	OFTA Television Award
	Nominated	Best Direction in a Drama Series
	Nominated	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	PGA Award
	Nominated	Outstanding Film / Show Directed by a Woman	Women's Image Network Awards
2014	Won	Outstanding Drama Series	Primetime Emmy Award
	Won	Best Direction in a Drama Series	OFTA Television Award
	Nominated	Best Direction in a Drama Series
	Nominated	Best Direction in a Drama Series
	Won	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	PGA Award
2015	Won	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	PGA Award

Web links

• Michelle MacLaren in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 'Breaking Bad' conclusion far from certain
2. ↑ A woman of action: Michelle MacLaren, Artsci'86
3. ↑ Michelle MacLaren Signs to Develop and Direct 'Wonder Woman' Movie (Exclusive)
4. ↑ Director Michelle MacLaren Leaves 'Wonder Woman'