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'''Gillies MacKinnon''' (born 8 January 1948, [[Glasgow]]) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[film director]], [[screenplay|writer]] and [[painting|painter]]. He attended the Glasgow School of Art where he studied mural painting. Following this he became an art teacher and cartoonist, and about this time he traveled with a nomadic tribe in the [[Sahara]] for six months. In the 1970s he studied at the [[Middlesex University|Middlesex Polytechnic]] and in the 1980s in the [[National Film and Television School]]. He made a short film called ''Passing Glory'' as his graduation piece, a |
'''Gillies MacKinnon''' (born 8 January 1948, [[Glasgow]]) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[film director]], [[screenplay|writer]] and [[painting|painter]]. He attended the [[Glasgow School of Art]] where he studied mural painting. Following this he became an art teacher and cartoonist, and about this time he traveled with a nomadic tribe in the [[Sahara]] for six months. |
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In the 1970s he studied at the [[Middlesex University|Middlesex Polytechnic]] (now Middlesex University) and in the 1980s in the [[National Film and Television School]]. He made a short film called ''Passing Glory'' as his graduation piece, a recreation of Glasgow in the 1950s and 1960s. It was premiered at the 1986 Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the first Scottish Film Prize.<ref name = "bfi">{{cite web |
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==Personal life== |
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He lives in [[Stroud Green]], [[North London]]. |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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*''[[The Grass Arena]]'' ([[1991 in film|1991]]) |
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*''[[Gunpowder, Treason & Plot]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]]) |
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*''[[Tara Road (film)|Tara Road]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]]) |
*''[[Tara Road (film)|Tara Road]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]]) |
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*''[[Zig Zag Love]]'' ([[2009 in film|2009]]) (TV film) |
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*''[[Castles in the Sky (film)|Castles in the Sky]]'' (2014) |
*''[[Castles in the Sky (film)|Castles in the Sky]]'' (2014) |
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*''[[Whisky Galore! (2016 film)|Whisky Galore!]]'' ([[2016 in film|2016]]) |
*''[[Whisky Galore! (2016 film)|Whisky Galore!]]'' ([[2016 in film|2016]]) |
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Gillies MacKinnon (born 8 January 1948, Glasgow) is a Scottish film director, writer and painter. He attended the Glasgow School of Art where he studied mural painting. Following this he became an art teacher and cartoonist, and about this time he traveled with a nomadic tribe in the Sahara for six months.
In the 1970s he studied at the Middlesex Polytechnic (now Middlesex University) and in the 1980s in the National Film and Television School. He made a short film called Passing Glory as his graduation piece, a recreation of Glasgow in the 1950s and 1960s. It was premiered at the 1986 Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the first Scottish Film Prize.[1]
Filmography
[edit]- Conquest of the South Pole (1989) (TV film, adapted from the play by Manfred Karge)[1]
- The Grass Arena (1991)
- The Playboys (1992)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) (TV series)
- A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
- Small Faces (1996) co-writer and director
- Trojan Eddie (1996)[1]
- Regeneration (1997)
- Hideous Kinky (1998)
- The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
- The Escapist (2002)
- Pure (2002)
- Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)
- Tara Road (2005)
- Castles in the Sky (2014)
- Whisky Galore! (2016)
- Torvill & Dean (2018) (TV film)
- The Last Bus (2021)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gillies MacKinnon". British Film Institute. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
External links
[edit]- gilliesmackinnon.co.uk Official website
- Gillies MacKinnon at IMDb
- Gillies Mackinnon at the BFI's Screenonline
- es:La última de las Bombshells Rubias
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