Ursula Macfarlane

Ursula Macfarlane is a British film director known for her sensitive, character-driven documentary style and for combining intimate storytelling with broader social themes.

In 2007, Macfarlane and Saskia Wilson were nominated for a BAFTA for Breaking Up With The Joneses.

Filmography

Director Year Title Type Distributor / Platform Festivals / Awards Notes 2006 Breaking Up With The Joneses Documentary Channel 4 BAFTA Television Craft nomination Domestic feature documentary 2015 Charlie Hebdo: Three Days That Shook Paris Drama-documentary / TV film Channel 4 – Docu-drama on 2015 Paris attacks 2016 West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic Documentary / TV film BBC – Behind-the-scenes historical documentary 2016 Warwick Davis: The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz Documentary / TV film Channel 5 – Holocaust-related documentary 2017 One Deadly Weekend in America Documentary BBC Three / Netflix (selected regions) – Gun-violence themed documentary 2019 Untouchable Feature documentary Hulu Sundance Film Festival premiere; multiple nominations Harvey Weinstein documentary 2021 The Lost Sons Feature documentary CNN Films – True-crime/identity documentary 2023 Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me Feature documentary Netflix – Biographical documentary 2025 My Brain: After the Rupture Documentary – – Upcoming / announced

Producer Year Title Type Role Distributor / Platform Notes 2019 Untouchable Feature documentary Co-producer Hulu Produced with Lightbox founders Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn

Writer Year Title Type Role Notes 2019 Untouchable Feature documentary Story / structural writer As director, contributed to narrative development and interviews