Philippa Lowthorpe

Biography

Philippa Lowthorpe is a trailblazing British director whose career began in documentaries before she transitioned to high-profile drama. She made history as the first woman ever to win the BAFTA for Best Director: Fiction for her work on the debut series of Call the Midwife (2013). She is also the only woman to have won this specific award twice, receiving her second in 2018 for the hard-hitting miniseries Three Girls. Lowthorpe is celebrated for her sensitive, non-sentimental approach to stories of grief, historical struggle, and female experiences. In early 2026, her latest feature film, H Is for Hawk, starring Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson, saw its wide theatrical release after a successful festival run. The film, which she co-wrote with novelist Emma Donoghue, has been hailed as a masterpiece of "emotional specificity" and visual poetry.

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