
Jamie Magnus Stone
Directing
Biography
Jamie Magnus Stone (born 15 December 1985) is a Scottish film director and animator, who studied at the National Film and Television School. He is the son of Sally Magnusson and grandson of Magnus Magnusson and Mamie Baird. Stone studied film and television at the Edinburgh College of Art where he made his first films; Flights, about an old man and his flight of stairs, and the Scottish BAFTA nominated Fritz about a German Spy who lives under a boy's bed. In August 2011, Stone directed his graduation film, Skyborn, about a father and son stuck in a foggy post-apocalyptic wasteland. Stone also wrote and directed the screenplay. It was screened at the BFI in March 2012 as part of the NFTS' graduation ceremony. The film was shot in a constant fog and involved flying machines, pyrotechnics, miniatures, and chickens. In August 2014, Stone was nominated for a BAFTA for his short film Orbit Ever After. In November 2019, Stone was announced as one of the directors for the twelfth series of Doctor Who. He directed two filming blocks, consisting of four episodes, including "Spyfall, Part 1", "Praxeus", "Ascension of the Cybermen", and "The Timeless Children". Stone returned to direct for the thirteenth series, with the episodes "Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse", "Chapter Two: War of the Sontarans", and the fourth episode.
Known For

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Doctor Who

Set at mysterious Crookhaven School, high achieving young crooks from across the world are secretly selected to hone their skills in disciplines such as Deception, Crimnastics, Forgery and Infiltration, learning how to use their skills for good and to do what is right in their own way.
Crookhaven

The Village is a BBC television drama created and written by Peter Moffat. Consisting of two six-episode series—the project intended as a 42-hour televised epic—the first series covers 1914 to 1920; the second continued the story into the 1920s. However, it was not commissioned for a third series. An epic drama charting the turbulent times experienced by one English village throughout the 20th century; births, deaths, political events and rebellions are among the events that occur during the time. Bert Middleton lives across the entire 100-year period, and his story from boyhood to old age forms the crux of the story, seen via flashbacks as Bert is interviewed in the present day by a documentarian working on a project about the second eldest man in the United Kingdom and his village.
The Village

In 1956, British citizens respond to an Australian migration scheme promising a better life and good employment prospects for a mere £10. For Annie and Terry Roberts, and their two children, a move to Australia offers a way for Terry to escape the scars of his service during WWII. In contrast, Kate arrives as a young nurse and claims to have migrated on her own due to her fiancé not wanting to make the move, but the real truth behind her journey is something else entirely.
Ten Pound Poms

Set on a sleeper train traveling from Glasgow to London, a government agency desperately tries to intervene in the rapidly-escalating events onboard. Can two people who've never met, one on the train and one not, work together to save the lives of its disparate group of passengers as the Heart of Britain service hurtles towards what might quite literally be its final destination?
Nightsleeper

Matilda Stone is a perennially single female detective whose three aunts are well-known crime writers that help her solve whodunit style murders as well as set her up on blind dates.
Queens of Mystery

Danny is an average 24-year-old who has been friends with stoner Milo since they were kids. But then Danny decides it’s time to grow up, settle down and marry long-term girlfriend Kate, whereas Milo continues to focus on getting high. One night Milo takes a particularly strong batch of hallucinogens, and Danny appears in his living room - except the real Danny’s at his engagement party, and the real Danny doesn’t normally carry a sword! This Danny claims to come from another dimension, and he brings a warning - the only problem is that Milo’s too wrecked to remember what it is...
Tripped

In a fantasy world where magic is being superceded by technology, an orphaned teen discovers her destiny to become a dragonslayer.
The Last Dragonslayer

Nigel has fallen in love. But when you live in orbit, aboard a ramshackle space hovel with the most risk-averse family imaginable, it isn't easy to follow your heart - especially when the girl of your dreams is spinning around earth the wrong way!
Orbit Ever After

While sleeping over, the TARDIS decides to play a prank on Clara, much to her displeasure.
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS

A Gallifreyan soldier undergoes initiation in the use of a headcam, as well as the defence of Arcadia.
Doctor Who: The Last Day

Stranded in a foggy post-apocalyptic wasteland, a father Gideon and his son Blue build a flying machine to see above the clouds. But Blue is fed up with his father's crackpot dream: their flying attempts are becoming too dangerous, and he is sure there is nothing but cloud in the sky. So Blue hatches a devious plan to keep his father on the ground.
Skyborn
In this soap-powder animation, ten-year-old John theorises on the miracle of space travel and speculates as to what the future might have in store.
Space Travel According to John
Donald MacDonald and his family have abandoned an opulent expatriate lifestyle in Zambia to start the world's most unusual family. Looking after thirty street children in their own home is taking its toll on this Scottish family. Have they bitten off more than they can chew?
Old MacDonald's Farm
An old man makes his way up a flight of stairs, only to do the unexpected.