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Alice Troughton Biography

Birth Name:Alice Troughton

Profession Director, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Started out as a production assistant on "The Misadventures of Margaret" in 1998
  • Her first directing project was the TV series "Doctors" in 2002
  • Best known as a television director who has worked on "Doctors," "EastEnders," and "Merlin․"
  • Also directed episodes of the popular science fiction series "Doctor Who" and its spin-offs "Torchwood" and "The Sarah Jane Adventures," and is only the second person to direct in all three series, the other being Colin Teague
  • Despite sharing a last name and an association with "Doctor Who," she is not related to Patrick Troughton, the man who played the series' second Doctor

Awards

  • 2015RTS Craft & Design Award-Best Director - Fiction: nominated