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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 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
'''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 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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==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 21:43, 2 January 2021

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 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

References

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