Jamie Magnus Stone

Jamie Magnus Stone (born 15 December 1985) is a Scottish film director, writer and animator, who studied at the National Film and Television School. He is the son of Scottish broadcaster Sally Magnusson and film director Norman Stone and grandson of Magnus Magnusson. Stone has worked in British TV since directing BBC's The Village in 2014. In 2020, he became the lead director on Doctor Who series 12 and returned the following year as lead director for series 13. Stone studied film and television at the Edinburgh College of Art where he made his first films; Flights, about an old man and his flight of stairs, and the Scottish BAFTA nominated Fritz about a German Spy who lives under a boy's bed. Whilst directing fiction films, he also developed his skills in sand animation and won the MacLaren Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival and Best Animation at BAFTA Scotland in 2008 for his series of Three Minute Wonders, The World According To, produced by Anders Jedenfors. Stone enrolled at the National Film and Television School in 2010. He was interviewed by The Guardian in 2010 after making his first year film, Far Removed. He wrote and directed Sh-Boom in February 2011 which was premiered at the NFTS' Stars of Tomorrow Screening at BAFTA in September 2011. The film was shot entirely in a bin besides a dramatic opening sequence involving a bride on fire. In August 2011, Stone directed his graduation film, Skyborn, about a father and son stuck in a foggy post apocalyptic wasteland. Stone also wrote and directed the screenplay. It was screened at the BFI in March 2012 as part of the NFTS' graduation ceremony. The film was shot in constant fog and involved flying machines, pyrotechnics, miniatures and chickens. In August 2014, Stone was nominated for a BAFTA for his short film Orbit Ever After, a steam punk space love story that went on to win several awards at international film festivals. Since then, Stone has directed several British and Canadian TV shows for BBC, Channel 4, Sky, CBC and Acorn as well as the innovative film/video-game project Erica for Sony Playstation in 2018. He lives between Glasgow and London