Charles McDougall

Birth Name:

Charles McDougall

Profession

Director, Producer, Writer

Studied film at the University of Southern California and at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England
Directed the film "Arrivederci, Millwall" in 1990 as his final film school project, which was later bought by the BBC
Quote: "In America there is such a fear of upsetting regulators or the audience or the networks that people second-guess how bold things should be and consequently things become very bland․"
Quote: "It maintains my interest and my sense of fear․ Every time I start a production [in America], I am terrified, because I regard it as one step away from my career ending․ The moment you take a job, it could be your last․"
Best known as a director who worked on "Desperate Housewives," "The Tudors" and "The Good Wife․"

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