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'''Gillies MacKinnon''' (born 8 January 1948, [[Glasgow]]) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[film director]], [[screenplay|writer]] and [[painting|painter]]. |
'''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 [[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 dour 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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His film credits include ''[[Hideous Kinky (film)|Hideous Kinky]]'', ''[[Small Faces (movie)|Small Faces]]'' and ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]''. |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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*''[[Conquest of the South Pole]]'' ([[1989 in film|1989]]) ([[TV film]], adapted from the play by [[Wiktionary:de:Manfred Karge|Manfred Karge]]) |
*''[[Trojan Eddie]]'' [[1966]], <ref name = "bfi"/> |
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*''[[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"/> |
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*''[[The Grass Arena]]'' ([[1991 in film|1991]]) |
*''[[The Grass Arena]]'' ([[1991 in film|1991]]) |
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*''[[The Playboys (film)|The Playboys]]'' ([[1992 in film|1992]]) |
*''[[The Playboys (film)|The Playboys]]'' ([[1992 in film|1992]]) |
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*''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' (1992) ([[TV series]] |
*''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' (1992) ([[TV series]] |
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*''[[A Simple Twist of Fate]]'' ([[1994 in film|1994]]) |
*''[[A Simple Twist of Fate]]'' ([[1994 in film|1994]]) |
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*''[[Small Faces (film)|Small Faces]]'' ([[1996 in film|1996]]) |
*''[[Small Faces (film)|Small Faces]]'' ([[1996 in film|1996]]) |
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*''[[Zig Zag Love]]'' ([[2009 in film|2009]]) ([[TV Film]]) |
*''[[Zig Zag Love]]'' ([[2009 in film|2009]]) ([[TV Film]]) |
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*''[[Castles in the Sky (TV series)|Castles in the Sky]]'' |
*''[[Castles in the Sky (TV series)|Castles in the Sky]]'' |
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==References== |
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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 [[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 dour 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]
Personal life
He lives in Stroud Green, North London.
Filmography
- Trojan Eddie 1966, [1]
- 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)
- Regeneration (1997)
- Hideous Kinky (1998)
- The Escapist (2002)
- Pure (2002)
- Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)
- Tara Road (2005)
- Zig Zag Love (2009) (TV Film)
- Castles in the Sky
References
External links
- gilliesmackinnon.co.uk Official website
- Gillies MacKinnon at IMDb
- Gillies Mackinnon at the BFI's Screenonline
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