Grant McPhee
Grant McPhee | |
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| Occupation | Film Director |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Grant McPhee is a Bafta nominated Scottish film director, cinematographer and writer. His films include the music documentaries Big Gold Dream, Teenage Superstars[1] and the drama, Far From the Apple Tree[2] starring Sorcha Groundsell. He won the prestigious audience choice award in 2015 for his film Big Gold Dream at the 2015 edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2022, he co-wrote the book, Hungry Beat, an oral history of Scottish Post-Punk music which was published by White Rabbit Books.[3][4][5][6][7]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Credited as | Additional Roles | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Cinematographer | ScreenWriter | ||||
| 2002 | Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? | Camera Trainee | ||||
| 2003 | Through Hell and High Water | Assistant Camera | ||||
| 2003 | The Jacket | Video Assistant Operator | ||||
| Man to Man | Camera Trainee | |||||
| Sweetie | Assistant Camera | Short Film | ||||
| 2005 | The Autograph Hunters | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short Film | |
| 2006 | Yesterday's News | Yes | Short Film | |||
| Effluvium | Yes | Yes | Short Film | |||
| 2007 | River Child | Clapper Loader | Short Film | |||
| Kick About | Focus Puller | Short Film | ||||
| Island | Clapper loader: Pick Ups | Short Film | ||||
| Arn: The Knight Templar | Video Assist Operator: Scotland | |||||
| Chain | Clapper loader | Short Film | ||||
| Unflame | Yes | Yes | Short Film | |||
| Aphlogistic | Yes | Yes | Short Film | |||
| Stolen Christmas | Yes | Short Film | ||||
| The Sound of Young Scotland | Yes | |||||
| 2008 | Doomsday | Video Assist Operator | ||||
| The New Ten Commandments | Assistant Camera | |||||
| Don't Look at Me (I'm Ugly in the Morning) | First Assistant Camera | |||||
| Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road | Video Assist Operator | |||||
| Night School | First Assistant Camera | |||||
| Between Above and Below | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Frank and Bessie | Yes | |||||
| 2009 | Book of Blood | Clapper Loader: Second Unit | ||||
| Little Red Hoodie | Clapper Loader | Short | ||||
| Holywood Sweets | Clapper Loader | Short | ||||
| My Shadowlands | Yes | Short | ||||
| Shadow Halation | Yes | Yes | Short | |||
| Hazel | Yes | Short | ||||
| Motion/Static | Yes | Short | ||||
| The Darker Days of Me and Him | Yes | Short | ||||
| The Bell Witch of Leith | Yes | Yes | Short | |||
| 2010 | Sarah | Assistant Camera | Short Film | |||
| A Spanking in Paradise | Focus Puller | |||||
| Blindside | Additional Photography | Short Film | ||||
| Long Distance | Yes | Short | ||||
| Mum's Birthday | Yes | Short | ||||
| Girl MT | Yes | Short | ||||
| Primary Park | Yes | Short | ||||
| 2011 | You Instead | Clapper Loader: A Camera | Short Film | |||
| The Wicker Tree | Camera Assistant | |||||
| One Day | Second Camera Assistant: Second Unit | |||||
| The Awakening | Clapper Loader: B Camera | |||||
| Up There | Clapper Loader Digital Imaging Technician |
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| A Portentous Death | Yes | Short Film | ||||
| Guilt | Yes | Short Film | ||||
| 2012 | Citadel | Digital Imaging Technician | ||||
| Day of the Flowers | Clapper Loader B Camera | |||||
| Outpost: Black Sun | Digital Imaging Technician | |||||
| The Angels' Share | Second Camera Clapper Loader | |||||
| Cloud Atlas | Digital Imaging Technician | |||||
| Shell | Digital Imaging Technician | |||||
| Electric Man | Focus Puller | |||||
| Listen to Me | Yes | Short Film | ||||
| 2013 | The Happy Lands | Digital Imaging Technician | ||||
| World War Z | Second Assistant Camera: Glasgow | |||||
| For Those In Peril | Digital Workflow Supervisor | |||||
| Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz | Digital Workflow Supervisor | |||||
| Not Another Happy Ending | Digital Imaging Technician | |||||
| Under the Skin | Digital Imaging Technician | |||||
| Sunshine on Leith | Digital Workflow Supervisor | |||||
| Your Attention Please: Scars | Yes | Digital Workflow Supervisor | ||||
| Sarah's Room | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Christmas Hear Kids | Yes | |||||
| Costume Party | Yes | Short Film | ||||
| 2014 | Let Us Prey | Data Workflow Supervisor | ||||
| Castles in the Sky | Camera Data Supervisor | |||||
| What We Did on Our Holiday | Digital Imaging Technician | |||||
| The Silent Storm | Data Workflow Supervisor | |||||
| In Extremis | Digital Imaging Technician | |||||
| Wigilia | Yes | |||||
| Take It Back and Start All Over | Yes | |||||
| 2015 | The Bad Education Movie | Digital Imaging Technician | ||||
| Big Gold Dream | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Stalactites | Yes | |||||
| Where Do We Go from Here? | Yes | |||||
| 2016 | Tommy's Honour | Digital Camera Workflow | ||||
| Moon Dogs | Camera Workflow Supervisor | |||||
| Whisky Galore | Digital Image Supervisor | |||||
| Misgivings | Digital Imaging Technician | |||||
| Back Home | Yes | |||||
| The Glasgow School | Yes | |||||
| 2017 | T2 Trainspotting | Additional DIT | ||||
| Churchill | Digital Imaging Technician | |||||
| The Wife | Digital Imaging Technician | |||||
| Night Kaleidoscope | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Teenage Superstars | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2018 | Rory's Way | Digital Imaging Technician | ||||
| Wild Rose | Digital Imaging Technician | |||||
| Malevolent | Camera Workflow Supervisor | |||||
| 2019 | Our Ladies | Digital Imaging Technician | ||||
| Far From the Apple Tree | Yes | |||||
| 2020 | Limbo | Digital Imaging Technician | ||||
| The Princess Switch: Switched Again | Digital Imaging Technician | |||||
| 2021 | A Castle for Christmas | Digital Imaging Technician | ||||
| Fast Forward | Yes | |||||
| Lori and the Six Six Sixties | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2022 | Beyond the Speed of Life | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominated Work | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Autograph Hunters | Edinburgh International Film Festival | Saltire Society Grierson Award for Short Documentary | Nominated |
| 2013 | Sarah's Room | Bootleg Film Festival New York | Best Cinematography | Won |
| 2015 | Sarah's Room | Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards | Best Action/Thriller/Horror/Fantasy | Nominated | ||
| Jerome Indie Film and Music Festival | Best Narrative Feature | Won | ||
| Eureka Springs Digital Film Festival | Best Foreign Film | Nominated | ||
| Big Gold Dream | Edinburgh International Film Festival | Audience Choice Award | Won | |
| 2017 | Night Kaleidoscope | Bloodstained Indie Film Festival | Best Horror Feature | Nominated |
| Diabolical Horror Film Festival | Best Cinematography | Won | ||
| Genre Celebration Festival | Best Cinematography | Won | ||
| Shiver International Film Festival | Best Horror Film | Won | ||
| Best Director | Won | |||
| Best Feature of the Year | Won | |||
| Shock Stock | Best Cinematography | Won | ||
| Tabloid Witch Awards | Best Cinematography | Won | ||
| Teenage Superstars | Edinburgh International Film Festival | Audience Award | Nominated | |
| Best Documentary Feature Film | Nominated | |||
| Wigilia | Love Film Festival | Best Cinematography | Won | |
| Best Foreign Film | Nominated |
References
- ^ EIFF 2017 Line Up
- ^ Screen Daily Article on EIFF Line Up
- ^ White Rabbit Books listing for Hungry Beat
- ^ "From Primal Scream to Teenage Fanclub: Scotland's indie music scene celebrated in Fife man's new film". The Courier Newspaper. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Fife links to Joy Division and The Human League recalled in new post-punk book by Cupar-schooled co-author". The Courier Newspaper. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Documentary producer brings out new book on Scotland's post-punk scene". The Courier Newspaper. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Grant McPhee's Teenage Superstars documentary proves a hit". The Courier Newspaper. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2023.