Sallie Aprahamian has been directing television for over to three decades.

She is currently developing a short film and a stage play for production later this year.

 

Recent work includes Silent Witness (BBC Studios),  DOMINA 2 (Tiger Aspect/MGM+) filmed in Rome, Fate: The Winx Saga (Archery Pictures/Netflix) shot in Ireland, Cobra - Cyber Wars (New Pictures/Sky) starring Robert Carlyle, lead director on final season of Poldark (Mammoth/BBC Worldwide) starring Aidan Turner, and two episodes of Dr Who with Jodie Whitaker in her first season as The Doctor.

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Sallie’s body of work includes many critically acclaimed shows, such as: Teachers (Tiger Aspect) starring Andrew Lincoln – BAFTA Nominated, The Sins (BBC2) starring Pete Postlethwaite – 3 BAFTA Nominations, Extremely Dangerous (Picture Palace/NW5 Films) starring Sean Bean, Real Men (BBC Scotland) starring Ben Daniels – RTS Nominated, The Lakes (Company Pictures) starring John Simm – BAFTA Nominated, This Life (World Productions) BAFTA and RTS Winner, and Lip Service (Kudos).

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For CBBC she directed the Series 3 finale of teen drama Wolfblood, several episodes of The Dumping Ground, The Worst Witch (Netflix/ZDF/CBBC co- production) starring Bella Ramsey and Hetty Feather – earning 3 BAFTA Nominations for her work in four years.

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Over more recent years, projects have consolidated Sallie’s experience of working with CGI, visual effects and animatronics - 'Wolfblood' (Trixter), 'The Worse Witch' (Milk), 'Dr Who' (DNeg) 'Poldark' (Lexhag), FATE - The Winx Saga (Freefolk) and DOMINA (Automatik).

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Sallie directed her first feature film 'Broken Lines' in 2007 co-starring Paul Bettany and Olivia Williams, selected for Venice Giornate deli Autori and London Film Festivals in 2008.

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She has collaborated with a wide range of writers - including Jeremy Brock, Simon Burke, Tony Jordan, Billy Ivory, Chris Chibnall, Debbie Horsfield, Ben Richards and the late Frank Deasy.

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Prior to her success in television, Sallie directed over thirty productions of new work in theatre for a wide range of companies. She developed and directed the critically acclaimed Blue Night In The Heart Of The West by James Stock, which won the George Devine Award.

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