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Lachlan MacKinnon

Producer

Lachlan’s credits include the award-winning Industry (HBO/BBC), A Discovery of Witches (Sky One/AMC), Red Eye (ITVX/Sony) and The Winter King (MGM+/ITVX). Prior to working as an EP, Lachlan produced the acclaimed single drama Burton and Taylor (BBC/BBC America). The drama received nominations at the Golden Globes, Emmys, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the British Academy Television Awards for Helena Bonham Carter and Dominic West, amongst others.

Lachlan’s body of work also includes the historical drama The White Princess (Starz), with Jodie Comer in the lead role, and returning BBC stalwart Silent Witness. Lachlan recently completed an Executive MBA at Imperial College London, where his main areas of research included sustainability practices and organisational behaviour within the television industry. He is passionate about nurturing and empowering the next generation of creative talent on both sides of the camera and regularly participates in mentoring and talent development schemes, including the Edinburgh TV Festival’s Ones to Watch.

Credits

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, Bad Wolf (2017-2025)
Production (role):
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES - SEASONS 1, 2 & 3
Company:
Sky / AMC
Project details:
Lead Writers: S1: Kate Brookes with Sarah Dollard, Charlene James & Tom Farrelly; S2: Susie Conklin and Pete McTighe, with Sarah Dollard, Polly Buckle, Lisa Holdsworth, Michelle Gayle & Joseph Wilde; S3: Lisa Holdsworth and Helen Raynor, with Michelle Gayle, Matt Evans & Chris Cornwell

Lead Directors: S1: Juan Carlos Medina with Alice Troughton & Sarah Walker; S2: Farren Blackburn, with Philippa Langdale & Jonathan Teplitzky; S3: Jamie Donoughue, with Debs Patterson

Cast included: Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Paul Rhys, Lindsay Duncan, Alex Kingston, Trevor Eve, Owen Teale, Sheila Hancock, Elaine Cassidy and Tom Hughes

Sky’s most popular drama in 2018 & customers voted it their most loved drama of all time
Sky 1’s Biggest Returning Drama in 10 years Nominee
Broadcast Digital Awards 2021 – Best Drama
Production (role):
INDUSTRY - SEASONS 1 & 2
Company:
HBO / BBC
Project details:
Created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay

Lead Director: Lena Dunham, with Tinge Krishnan, Mary Nighy & Ed Lilly

Cast included Marissa Abela, Myha'la Herrold, Harry Lawtey, Nabhaan Rizwan. Freya Mavor, David Jonsson, Ken Leung, Derek Riddell

Numerous BAFTA and RTS Nominations, including wins at the RTS Awards for Drama Series, Julie Harkin and Rae Hendrie (Casting Award) and Milos Moore (Photography) and a BAFTA TV Award for Marisa Abela, Leading Actor

Nominee, South Bank Show Awards, TV Drama
Nominee, Television Critics Association Awards, Outstanding Achievement in Drama
Production (role):
RED EYE - SEASONS 1 & 2
Company:
ITVX / Hulu
Project details:
Created by Peter A Dowling

Lead Director: Kieron Hawkes, with Camilla Strøm Henrikson (S2 B2)

Cast included Jing Lusi, Richard Armitage, Martin Compston

Streamed over 29 million times on ITVX
Won Broadcast Award for International Programme Sales (sold in over 120 territories and growing)
Nominee, National Television Awards
Production (role):
THE WINTER KING
Company:
MGM / ITVX
Project details:
Lead Writers: Kate Brooke and Ed Whitmore, with Nessah Hardiman, Loren Mclaughlan and Amy Roberts. Based on Bernard Cornwell’s novel.

Lead Director: Otto Bathurst, with Farren Blackburn and Anu Menon

Cast included Iain De Caestecker, Eddie Marsan, Craig Parkinson, Daniel Ings, Ellie James, Nathaniel Martello-White, Stuart Campbell, Valene Kane, Steven Elder, Simon Merrells, Tatjana Nardone, Andrew Gower.
PRODUCER - SELECTED CREDITS
Production (role):
BURTON AND TAYLOR
Company:
BBC / BBC AMERICA
Project details:
Wr. William Ivory

Dir. Richard Laxton

Cast included Helena Bonham Carter & Dominic West

Winner, Royal Television Society Craft and Design Awards 2013 - Best Make Up & Best Costume Design

Nominations include: EMMY Award 2014 - Best Actress, Golden Globes 2014 - Best Actress, BAFTA Television Awards 2014 - Best Actor and Actress, Screen Actors Guild Awards 2014 - Best Actress, Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2014 - Best Single
Drama, Prix Europa 2014 - Best Single Drama, Critics’ Choice Awards 2014 - Best Movie & Best Actress, Satellite Awards/International Press Academy 2014 – Best Motion Picture Made for Television, Actor & Actress, Broadcast Awards - Best Single Drama, BAFTA Craft
Awards 2014 - Best Make Up & Best Production Design
Production (role):
CITY OF VICE
Company:
Touchpaper TV / Hardy & Sons Production / Channel 4
Project details:
Wrs. Clive Bradley, Peter Harness

Dirs. Justin Hardy, Dan Reed

Cast included Ian McDiarmid, Iain Glen, Juliette Aubrey, Geraldine James, Sarah Smart, Hugh Sachs, Matt King

Winner, Royal Television Society Craft Awards 2008 - Judges’ Award

Nominated, Royal Television Society 2009 - Best Drama Series

Nominated, Writers Guild Awards 2008 - Best Drama Series
Production (role):
THE WHITE PRINCESS
Company:
Company Pictures / Playground Entertainment / Starz
Project details:
Lead Writer: Emma Frost

Directors: Jamie Payne, Alex Kalymnios

Cast included Jodie Comer, Michele Fairley, Joanne Whalley, Essie Davis, Vincent Regan, Kenneth Cranham
Production (role):
SILENT WITNESS
Company:
BBC Studios / BBC 1
Project details:
Dirs. Mike Barker, Anthony Byrne and Andy Hay

Wrs. Ed Whitmore, Richard Davidson, Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble

Cast included Emilia Fox, William Gaminara and Tom Ward

Winner, TRIC Awards 2013 - Best Drama
SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Executive MBA, IMPERIAL COLLEGE, UK

Master in European Audiovisual Management (MEGA) MEDIA BUSINESS SCHOOL, SPAIN

MA Film and Television specialising in Producing, NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL

First Class Honours, B.A. Photography, Film and Television NAPIER UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH
BAFTA and Royal Television Society Member

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Intermediate Italian, basic French and Spanish

Credits

  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES - SEASONS 1, 2 & 3
    Company: Sky / AMC
    Project details: Lead Writers: S1: Kate Brookes with Sarah Dollard, Charlene James & Tom Farrelly; S2: Susie Conklin and Pete McTighe, with Sarah Dollard, Polly Buckle, Lisa Holdsworth, Michelle Gayle & Joseph Wilde; S3: Lisa Holdsworth and Helen Raynor, with Michelle Gayle, Matt Evans & Chris Cornwell

    Lead Directors: S1: Juan Carlos Medina with Alice Troughton & Sarah Walker; S2: Farren Blackburn, with Philippa Langdale & Jonathan Teplitzky; S3: Jamie Donoughue, with Debs Patterson

    Cast included: Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Paul Rhys, Lindsay Duncan, Alex Kingston, Trevor Eve, Owen Teale, Sheila Hancock, Elaine Cassidy and Tom Hughes

    Sky’s most popular drama in 2018 & customers voted it their most loved drama of all time
    Sky 1’s Biggest Returning Drama in 10 years Nominee
    Broadcast Digital Awards 2021 – Best Drama
  • Production (role): INDUSTRY - SEASONS 1 & 2
    Company: HBO / BBC
    Project details: Created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay

    Lead Director: Lena Dunham, with Tinge Krishnan, Mary Nighy & Ed Lilly

    Cast included Marissa Abela, Myha'la Herrold, Harry Lawtey, Nabhaan Rizwan. Freya Mavor, David Jonsson, Ken Leung, Derek Riddell

    Numerous BAFTA and RTS Nominations, including wins at the RTS Awards for Drama Series, Julie Harkin and Rae Hendrie (Casting Award) and Milos Moore (Photography) and a BAFTA TV Award for Marisa Abela, Leading Actor

    Nominee, South Bank Show Awards, TV Drama
    Nominee, Television Critics Association Awards, Outstanding Achievement in Drama
  • Production (role): RED EYE - SEASONS 1 & 2
    Company: ITVX / Hulu
    Project details: Created by Peter A Dowling

    Lead Director: Kieron Hawkes, with Camilla Strøm Henrikson (S2 B2)

    Cast included Jing Lusi, Richard Armitage, Martin Compston

    Streamed over 29 million times on ITVX
    Won Broadcast Award for International Programme Sales (sold in over 120 territories and growing)
    Nominee, National Television Awards
  • Production (role): THE WINTER KING
    Company: MGM / ITVX
    Project details: Lead Writers: Kate Brooke and Ed Whitmore, with Nessah Hardiman, Loren Mclaughlan and Amy Roberts. Based on Bernard Cornwell’s novel.

    Lead Director: Otto Bathurst, with Farren Blackburn and Anu Menon

    Cast included Iain De Caestecker, Eddie Marsan, Craig Parkinson, Daniel Ings, Ellie James, Nathaniel Martello-White, Stuart Campbell, Valene Kane, Steven Elder, Simon Merrells, Tatjana Nardone, Andrew Gower.
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): BURTON AND TAYLOR
    Company: BBC / BBC AMERICA
    Project details: Wr. William Ivory

    Dir. Richard Laxton

    Cast included Helena Bonham Carter & Dominic West

    Winner, Royal Television Society Craft and Design Awards 2013 - Best Make Up & Best Costume Design

    Nominations include: EMMY Award 2014 - Best Actress, Golden Globes 2014 - Best Actress, BAFTA Television Awards 2014 - Best Actor and Actress, Screen Actors Guild Awards 2014 - Best Actress, Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2014 - Best Single
    Drama, Prix Europa 2014 - Best Single Drama, Critics’ Choice Awards 2014 - Best Movie & Best Actress, Satellite Awards/International Press Academy 2014 – Best Motion Picture Made for Television, Actor & Actress, Broadcast Awards - Best Single Drama, BAFTA Craft
    Awards 2014 - Best Make Up & Best Production Design
  • Production (role): CITY OF VICE
    Company: Touchpaper TV / Hardy & Sons Production / Channel 4
    Project details: Wrs. Clive Bradley, Peter Harness

    Dirs. Justin Hardy, Dan Reed

    Cast included Ian McDiarmid, Iain Glen, Juliette Aubrey, Geraldine James, Sarah Smart, Hugh Sachs, Matt King

    Winner, Royal Television Society Craft Awards 2008 - Judges’ Award

    Nominated, Royal Television Society 2009 - Best Drama Series

    Nominated, Writers Guild Awards 2008 - Best Drama Series
  • Production (role): THE WHITE PRINCESS
    Company: Company Pictures / Playground Entertainment / Starz
    Project details: Lead Writer: Emma Frost

    Directors: Jamie Payne, Alex Kalymnios

    Cast included Jodie Comer, Michele Fairley, Joanne Whalley, Essie Davis, Vincent Regan, Kenneth Cranham
  • Production (role): SILENT WITNESS
    Company: BBC Studios / BBC 1
    Project details: Dirs. Mike Barker, Anthony Byrne and Andy Hay

    Wrs. Ed Whitmore, Richard Davidson, Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble

    Cast included Emilia Fox, William Gaminara and Tom Ward

    Winner, TRIC Awards 2013 - Best Drama
  • EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

    Executive MBA, IMPERIAL COLLEGE, UK

    Master in European Audiovisual Management (MEGA) MEDIA BUSINESS SCHOOL, SPAIN

    MA Film and Television specialising in Producing, NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL

    First Class Honours, B.A. Photography, Film and Television NAPIER UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH
  • BAFTA and Royal Television Society Member

  • LANGUAGE SKILLS:

    Intermediate Italian, basic French and Spanish
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