Charles McDougall

Charles McDougall is a British director.

Biography McDougall has directed for television series, which include the pilot episode of ABC's Desperate Housewives (which includes the unaired pilot as well). McDougall has also directed episodes of Queer as Folk on Channel 4 and Sex and the City on HBO. McDougall directed the first two episodes of the TV series The Tudors, as well as an episode of Good Behavior. He won an Emmy for Best Directing for a Comedy Series for his work on Desperate Housewives.

McDougall was an executive producer and director for the pilot episode of The Good Wife. Penned by Robert King and Michelle King (In Justice), the legal drama focuses on a politician's wife (Julianna Margulies) who carves out her own niche as a defense attorney. The Kings and McDougall are executive producing with Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, and David Zucker.

Filmography Film Short film Year Title Notes1992 Dogs Playing Poker Segment of Inside Out III Put AsunderSegments of Inside Out IV Save the Wetlands 1999 Steal Away Segment of Tube Tales 2005 Desperate Housewives: Oprah Winfrey Is the New Neighbor

Feature film Arrivederci Millwall (1990) Heart (1999) Ana (2020)

Television TV movies Year Title Director ExecutiveProducer 1996 Hillsborough 1997 Rules of Engagement 2002 Sunday 2004 Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss 2006 Surrender, Dorothy 2007 Backyards & Bullets 2008 Good Behavior 2017 Shelter

TV series Year Title Director ExecutiveProducer Notes 1991 Casualty Episode "Dangerous Games" 1992 Between the Lines 3 episodes 1994 99-1 2 episodes 1995 Cracker 2 episodes 1999 Queer as Folk 4 episodes;Co-creator 2000 Wonderland Episode "20/20 Hindsight" 2000–2002 Sex and the City 6 episodes 2002 Push, Nevada Episode "The Black Box" 2003 Keen Eddie Episode "Achtung Baby" 2004 Desperate Housewives Episode "Pilot" 2005–2012 The Office 8 episodes 2006 Big Love 2 episodes2007 The Tudors 2 episodes Big Shots Episode "Pilot" 2009 The Good Wife 2 episodes 2009–2011 Parks and Recreation Episodes "Kaboom" and "Pawnee Rangers" 2011 The Chicago Code Episode "Pilot" 2012–2013 The Mindy Project 3 episodes 2013 House of Cards Episode "Chapter 7" and "Chapter 8" 2014 Resurrection Episode "The Returned"2015 Mad Dogs Episode "Pilot" Secrets and Lies Episode "The Trail" 2016 The Secret Agent 3 episodes 2019 Four Weddings and a Funeral 2 episodes 2022 Julia Episode "Omelette" 2023 Three Little Birds 2 episodes