Michael Lacey is an award-winning director for television series drama. A graduate of the Manchester Metropolitan Film School, Michael began his career directing for ITV’s Emmerdale, where he has directed over 100 episodes and won the hat trick of BAFTA, RTS and Broadcast Awards in 2017 for his outstanding Emmerdale episode dealing with the issue of sexual abuse of Aaron Dingle. Michael went on to direct episodes of ITV’s Coronation Street and was most recently nominated for a BRITISH SOAP AWARD for his Emmerdale episode dealing with Marlon Dingle’s (Mark Charnock) sudden stroke in 2022. Most recently, Michael has been directing regular episodes for prime-time medical dramas Casualty and Holby City for BBC1 Drama.
Website: www.laceydirector.com
| Awards: | |
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| Broadcast Award 2023: Winner | Best soap/continuing drama: Emmerdale Director of the initial episode in which Marlon suffers a stroke (details here). |
| British Soap Award: Nomination |
Emmerdale: Best Single Episode – Marlon’s Stroke Director |
| BAFTA Award 2022: Nomination | Casualty: Best Soap & Continuing Drama Director of episode submitted |
| BAFTA Award 2020: Nomination | Coronation Street – The Death of Sinead Osbourne: Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment of the Year Director |
| BAFTA Award 2020: Nomination | Holby City: Best Soap & Continuing Drama Director of episodes submitted |
| BAFTA Award: Winner | Emmerdale: Best Continuing Drama episode (2017) Director |
| RTS Award: Winner | Emmerdale: Best Continuing Drama episode (2017) Director |
| Broadcast Award: Winner | Emmerdale: Best Continuing Drama episode (2017) Director |
| British Soap Award: Winner | Emmerdale: Most Spectacular Scene of the Year John Barton’s exit |
| Television: | |
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| Casualty | Director for 10 x 60 minute episodes of the prime-time medical drama (2019-present) Prod: Dafydd Llewelyn / Series Prod: Loretta Preece |
| Holby City | Director for 8 x 60 minute episodes of the prime-time medical drama (2018-present) |
| Coronation Street | ITV Studios/ITV1 Director for the prime-time continuing drama series 80+ episodes Episodes include: Climax of Sinead’s death to cervical cancer Climax of Bethany Platt grooming storyline Kylie Platt’s Funeral Truck Crash / discovery of Callum’s body |
| Emmerdale | ITV Studios/ITV1 Director for the long-running drama 100+ episodes Episodes include: Maya’s grooming of teenager Jacob Aaron tells Chas about historic sexual abuse Chas’s murder trial John Barton’s death – car crash on to cliff edge Zak reveal – Cain whodunit Whitby location special – Jackson’s sky dive and fishing trip Jackson’s death – aftermath |
| Film: | |
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| Paddy and Marlon’s Big Night In | ITV Studios Feature-length Emmerdale spin-off film DVD Exclusive |
| Short Films: | |
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| Grace’s Story | 20-minute drama short film starring Pauline Quirke Uncompressed 4k Shortlisted: Leeds International Film Festival |
| Touch Down | British Film Council 10-minute drama short film Super 16mm Shortlisted at various international film festivals |
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| TNT | |
| Morrison’s | |
| Swissport III Kings | |
| Lacoste | |
| McDonald’s | |
| British Gas | |
| John Lewis – Kitchens | |
| John Lewis – Men’s fashion | |
| John Lewis – Connectivity |