Minkie Spiro is a British cinema and TV Director and Executive Producer.

Minkie Spiro is the daughter of Robin and Nitza Spiro. Her father is an ex-member of theQueen's Royal Irish Hussars. The spouses co-founded the Spiro Ark, a renowned Jewish education institute. Minkie Spiro, who has 5 sisters and a brother, grew up inSt John’s Wood.^[1][2] She studied Graphic Design atCentral St. Martins School of Art in London and worked as a photographer forBBC in the early 1990s. As a photojournalist, she covered theBosnian War andOperation Solomon.^[3][4] She also worked for Channel 4.^[5] Later, she obtained a Masters degree in Film Directing from theRoyal College of Art.^[6][7]

Her early film work includesThe Boxer (1995),Strangers in Paradise (1996), andRat Woman (1997).^[8] Her credits as a television director includeHolby City,Better Call Saul,Downton Abbey,Call the Midwife,Skins,Doc Martin,Jessica Jones, and many more.^[9][6][10] In 2019, she directed the pilot ofThe Village. Spiro also served as an executive producer on the series.^[11]

In 2018, she became aBAFTA member.^[12] Spiro served as a member of the International Competition jury at 2025Series Mania festival.^[13]

Her upcoming mini-series projectAll Her Fault forNBC Universal starsSarah Snook andDakota Fanning.^[14][15][16]

• Rat Women short (1997);^[4]
• Tales from the reading room (2000);^[9]
• I Am Ruthie Segal, Hear Me Roar (2009);

• Dead to Me (2019);
• The Plot Against America (2020).^[9][17]
• Fosse/Verdon episodeAll I Care About Is Love;^[18]
• Pieces of Her, director and executive producer (2022);^[19]
• 3 Body Problem, episodes 4, 5, 6.^[6]
• Toxic Town (2025).^[20]

• 2004 –BAFTA Best New Director (Fiction) nomination (forHolby City);^[21]
• 2019 –Directors Guild of AmericaOutstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film nomination (forFosse/Verdon episodeAll I Care About Is Love).

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• British women film directors
• English women film directors
• British film directors

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