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{{Short description|Scottish screenwriter and film director (born 1948)}}
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'''Gillies MacKinnon''' (born 8 January 1948, [[Glasgow]]) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[film director]], [[screenplay|writer]] and [[painting|painter]].
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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]] (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
His film credits include ''[[Hideous Kinky (film)|Hideous Kinky]]'', ''[[Small Faces (movie)|Small Faces]]'' and ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]''.
| title = Gillies MacKinnon

| publisher = British Film Institute
==Personal life==
| url = http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/502665/
He lives in [[Stroud Green]], [[North London]].
| access-date = 8 Jan 2014
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==Filmography==
==Filmography==
*''[[Conquest of the South Pole]]'' ([[1989 in film|1989]]) ([[TV film]], adapted from the play by [[Wiktionary:de:Manfred Karge|Manfred Karge]])
*''Conquest of the South Pole'' ([[1989 in film|1989]]) ([[TV film]], adapted from the play by [[Wiktionary:de:Manfred Karge|Manfred Karge]])<ref name = "bfi"/>
*''[[The Grass Arena]]'' ([[1991 in film|1991]])
*''[[The Grass Arena]]'' ([[1991 in film|1991]])
*''[[The Playboys (film)|The Playboys]]'' ([[1992 in film|1992]])
*''[[The Playboys (film)|The Playboys]]'' ([[1992 in film|1992]])
*''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' (1992) ([[TV series]], one episode)
*''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' (1992) ([[TV series]])
*''[[A Simple Twist of Fate]]'' ([[1994 in film|1994]])
*''[[A Simple Twist of Fate]]'' ([[1994 in film|1994]])
*''[[Small Faces (film)|Small Faces]]'' ([[1996 in film|1996]])
*''[[Small Faces (film)|Small Faces]]'' ([[1996 in film|1996]]) co-writer and director
*''[[Trojan Eddie]]'' (1996)<ref name = "bfi"/>
*''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' ([[1997 in film|1997]])
*''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' ([[1997 in film|1997]])
*''[[Hideous Kinky (1998 film)|Hideous Kinky]]'' ([[1998 in film|1998]])
*''[[Hideous Kinky (film)|Hideous Kinky]]'' ([[1998 in film|1998]])
*''[[The Last of the Blonde Bombshells]]'' ([[2000 in film|2000]])
*''[[The Escapist (2002 film)|The Escapist]]'' ([[2002 in film|2002]])
*''[[The Escapist (2002 film)|The Escapist]]'' ([[2002 in film|2002]])
*''[[Pure (UK film)|Pure]]'' ([[2002 in film|2002]])
*''[[Pure (UK film)|Pure]]'' ([[2002 in film|2002]])
*''[[Gunpowder, Treason & Plot]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]])
*''[[Gunpowder, Treason & Plot]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]])
*''[[Tara Road (film)|Tara Road]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]])
*''[[Tara Road (film)|Tara Road]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]])
*''[[Zig Zag Love]]'' ([[2009 in film|2009]]) ([[TV Film]])
*''[[Castles in the Sky (film)|Castles in the Sky]]'' (2014)
*''[[Whisky Galore! (2016 film)|Whisky Galore!]]'' ([[2016 in film|2016]])
*''[[Torvill & Dean (film)|Torvill & Dean]]'' ([[2018 in film|2018]]) (TV film)
*''[[The Last Bus (2021 film)|The Last Bus]]'' (2021)

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==

*[http://www.gilliesmackinnon.co.uk/ gilliesmackinnon.co.uk] Official website
*[http://www.gilliesmackinnon.co.uk/ gilliesmackinnon.co.uk] Official website
*{{imdb name|id=0533564|name=Gillies MacKinnon}}
*{{IMDb name|id=0533564|name=Gillies MacKinnon}}
* {{Screenonline name|id=502665|name=Gillies Mackinnon}}
* {{Screenonline name|id=502665|name=Gillies Mackinnon}}
* [[:es:La última de las Bombshells Rubias]]

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| NAME = Mackinnon, Gillies
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Scottish screenwriter and film director
| DATE OF BIRTH = 8 January 1948
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Glasgow]], [[Lanarkshire]], [[Scotland]], UK
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Latest revision as of 04:04, 29 December 2023

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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gillies MacKinnon". British Film Institute. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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