Sallie Aprahamian

Sallie Aprahamian has been directing television for three decades. 
She completed 3 x episodes on DOMINA 2 earlier this year, having filmed it in Rome last summer.  Other recent work included two episodes Netflix FATE - The Winx Saga 2, ‘COBRA ~ Cyberwar’ starring Robert Carlyle, five episodes of the last season of  'Poldark' starring Aidan Turner and 2 x episodes of 'Dr Who'  ('Arachnids in The UK' and 'The Witchfinders') with Jodie Whittaker in her first season as The Doctor.   Her previous body of work includes assorted critically acclaimed shows including: 'Extremely Dangerous' (Picture Palace/NW5 Films) starring Sean Bean, 'The Sins' (BBC2) starring Pete Postlethwaite - 3 x BAFTA nominations, 'Real Men' (BBC Scotland) - RTS nomination, 'The Lakes' (Company Pictures) starring John Simm - BAFTA Nominated, 'Teachers' (Tiger Aspect) starring Andrew Lincoln - BAFTA Nominated, 'This Life' (World Productions), and ‘Lip Service’ (Kudos).    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.   Prior to her success in television, she directed over thirty productions of new work in theatre for a wide range of 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.   Sallie directed her first feature film 'Broken Lines' in 2007 co-starring Paul Bettany and Olivia Williams, selected for Venice and London Film Festivals in 2008.   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) and 'Hetty Feather' - receiving 3 x BAFTA nominations in four years.    Recent projects have helped 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 and currently DOMINA 2https://www.sallieaprahamian.com.