Fiona Cumming(1937-2015)
- Director
- Producer
- Production Department
Fiona Cumming began her career as an actress. She started out at the
Royal Scottish Academy and went on to a variety of theatre and
television work, including a spell at Border Television in the dual
role of announcer and features interviewer. Then, deciding that she
would prefer production work, she moved to London and in 1964 gained a
post as an assistant floor manager at the BBC. It was as such that she
first worked on DOCTOR WHO, on the season three story "The Massacre of
St. Bartholomew's Eve." Following her promotion to production assistant
she gained two further credits on the series, on season four's "The
Highlanders" and on season nine's "The Mutants." Shortly after this she
completed the BBC's internal director's course, and in 1974 she was
taken on as a staff director. Amongst the productions on which she
worked in this capacity were "Z Cars," "Angels" and "The Omega Factor"
(1979). In 1979 she left the BBC and went freelance, early projects
including "God's Wonderful Railway Square Mile of Murder" and "Blake's
7," all in 1980, and four DOCTOR WHO stories between 1981 and 1983. She
has since remained active as a freelance director while also pursuing a
number of other projects, including some with John Nathan-Turner in
their Teynham Productions organisation.
