Eddie McConnell

Eddie McConnell is a Scottish documentary film-maker and cameraman. A collection of his work over the last fifty years is held by the Scottish Screen Archive at the National Library of Scotland. A special screening of his films was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August 2007.

In 2007, McConnell was honoured for his Special Contribution to Scottish Film at the BAFTA Scotland awards ceremony.

Filmography

As Director

• The Glasgow School of Art (1957)
• Glasgow Taxi Drivers Outing (1960)
• A Kind of Seeing (1967)
• Topliner: The Manufacture of Industrial Refractories (1968)
• A Line for All Seasons (1970)
• Benno Schotz: Sculptor and Modeller (1973)
• The Pine Tree (1974)
• Second Glance Hands (1983)
• Shell Shock (1991)

As Cameraman

• Prosperous Path (1959)
• Pleasure Island (1960) (assistant cameraman)
• Loch Lomond (1967)
• Look to the Sea (1970)
• Sea City - Greenock (1974)
• In Great Waters (1974)
• The Boat (1975)
• Consequences (1976) (lighting cameraman)
• A Stone in the Heather (1976)
• Giving Voice: A Writer in the Classroom (1976)
• Communication (1977)
• I am (1978)
• Love, Love, Love (1978)
• The Cromarty Bridge (1979)
• The Spirit of Scotland (1979)
• They're Always Picking on Us (1980)
• Male and Female (1980)