FILM DIRECTOR CV
PASSING GLORY, 1986
NFTS, screened Ch.4, 50 mins, 16mm, producer Billy MacKinnon, writer/director
Gillies MacKinnon, starring Ida Schuster and Alan Cumming
CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE, 1989
Film Four International, 90 mins, 16mm, from a play by Manfred Karge
NEEDLE, 1990
BBC, 89 mins, 16mm, producer George Faber, writer Jimmy McGovern
THE GRASS ARENA, 1990
BBC Films, 90 mins, 16mm, from a novel by John Healy, starring Mark Rylance,
Pete Poselthwaite
THE PLAYBOYS, 1992
Feature film, 35mm, The Samuel Goldwyn Co. Writers Shane Connaughton and
Kerry Crabbe, starring Albert Finney, Robin Wright Penn, Aidan Quinn
THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES- IRELAND, 1993
Lucas Film, producer George Lucas, starring Patrick Sean Flannery and John
Lynch
A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE, 1994
Feature film, Buena Vista, 35mm, writer Steve Martin, starring Steve Martin,
Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Stephen Baldwin, Catherine O’Hara
SMALL FACES, 1995
Feature film, BBC Films/Skyline, writers Billy and Gillies MacKinnon, producer
Billy MacKinnon and Steve Clark-Hall, starring Iain Robertson, Laura Frazer,
Kevin McKidd
TROJAN EDDIE, 1996
Feature film, Ch4, writer Billy Roche, producer Emma Burge, starring Richard
Harris, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson
REGENERATION, 1997
Feature film for Norstar/Rafford/BBC Films, 35mm, from novel by Pat Barker,
writer/producer Alan Scott, starring Jonathan Pryce, Jonny Lee Miller, James
Wilby
HIDEOUS KINKY, 1998
Feature film from Esther Freud’s novel, writer Billy MacKinnon, producer Ann
Scott, starring Kate Winslet, Said Taghmaoui
LAST OF THE BLONDE BOMBSHELLS, 2000
Single film for Working Title TV/BBC/HBO, starring Judi Dench, Ian Holm,
Romola Garai
THE ESCAPIST, 2001
Feature film, Sky Pictures, 35mm, starring Jonny Lee Miller, Andy Serkis, Jodi
May
PURE, 2002
Feature film, Kudos, 35mm, starring Molly Parker, Keira Knightly, Harry Eden
GUNPOWDER TREASON AND PLOT, 2003
BBC/Box TV, 2x90mins, 35mm, writer Jimmy McGovern, starring Robert Carlisle,
Kevin McKidd, Michael Fassbender, Clemence Poesy
TARA ROAD, 2005
Feature film, 35mm, from novel by Maeve Binchy, writer Shane Connaughton,
starring Olivia Williams, Iain Glen, Stephen Rea, Andie McDowell, Brenda Fricker,
Ruby Wax
THE HISTORY OF MR. POLLY, 2006
Single film for Granda/ITV, from novel by H.G.Wells, starring Lee Evans, Anne
Marie Duff
2007-2010 for ITV/La Plante Productions:
TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION, THE COMMANDER, ABOVE SUSPICION- THE RED DAHLIA and DEADLY INTENT. Starring David Hayman, Victoria Smurfit, AmandaBurton, Kelly Reilly, Ciaran Hinds
2011-12, for Company Pictures/BBC:
GEORGE GENTLY
Episodes: GOODBYE CHINA, GENTLY NORTHERN SOUL, GENTLY WITH CLASS. Starring Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby
THE VILLAGE, 2013
Eps 5 & 6 for Company Pics/BBC 1, writer Peter Moffat, producer Emma Burge,
starring John Simm, Maxine Peak
Nominated BAFTA for best TV series
CASTLES IN THE SKY, 2014
BBC single drama. Starring Eddie Izzard. Nominated for Michael Powell Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival
CLEAN BREAK, 2015
RTE production written by Billy Roche and produced by Emma Burge
WHISKY GALORE, 2016
Feature film. Written by Peter Mcdougall, produced by Iain Mclean and Alan J Wands. Starring Gregor Fisher and Eddie Izzard. Closing film, Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2016
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