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David Mackenzie
OccupationFilm director

David Mackenzie is a Scottish film director and co-founder of the production company Sigma Films.

Career

David Mackenzie made his feature film debut with The Last Great Wilderness (2002), which premiered at TIFF in 2002. He followed this with his acclaimed adaptation of Alexander Trocchi’s cult novel,[1] Young Adam (2003) which premiered in the Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2003, and played TIFF and Telluride, winning Best Film and Best Director at the 2004 BAFTA Scotland awards. Tilda Swinton and Ewan McGregor both won Scottish BAFTAs for their performances.[2] The film won the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature at EIFF,[3] and British Newcomer of the Year at the London Critics Circle Awards.[4] It was also nominated for four BIFA nominations [5] and several European Film Academy Awards.[6]

Mackenzie then made Asylum (2005), starring Sir Ian McKellen and Natasha Richardson which was nominated for Berlin's Golden Bear [7] and won the Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas.[8]

Next, Mackenzie made the highly regarded Hallam Foe, starring Jamie Bell and Sophia Myles. Again, this film won many awards including a Silver Bear in Berlin 2007,[9] the Golden Hitchcock and Kodak Award for Cinematography at the Dinard Festival of British Cinema 2007,[10] and the 2008 National Board of Review Award for Top Independent Film.[11] After that came the sex satire Spread (Sundance 2009), which was followed by sci-fi romance Perfect Sense (Sundance 2011) starring Ewan McGregor alongside Eva Green.[12]

In 2011 Mackenzie directed the comedy musical Tonight You’re Mine (SXSW 2011), which stars Luke Treadaway and Natalie Tena. It was filmed over five days at Scottish music festival T in the Park in 2010 and premiered at the festival in 2011.[13]

He returned to drama with Starred Up which premiered in Telluride 2013, featuring Jack O'Connell alongside Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend, based on the writer Jonathan Asser's experiences as a voluntary therapist in HM Prison Wandsworth.[14][15] The film won numerous awards including the BAFTA Scotland 2014 Best Film and Best Director Awards,[16] seven BIFA Nominations [17] and has a 99% Rotten Tomatoes score.[18]

Most recently, Mackenzie returned to the States to make Hell or High Water starring Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges and Ben Foster. It plays Cannes 2016 Un Certain Regard competition.[19]

Filmography

Film

Sigma Films

Along with producer Gillian Berrie, David Mackenzie is a partner in Sigma Films. As well as producing Mackenzie's own films, this company has produced other directors' pictures including Andrea Arnold's Red Road, Jonathan Glazer's Under The Skin, Lars von Trier's Dogville and Robert Carlyle's The Legend of Barney Thomson.[20]

Sigma Films founded the production and post-production facility Film City Glasgow and runs Jumpcut, a new-entrants scheme dedicated to providing a fast-track into the screen industries for young and disadvantaged people.[21]

References

  1. ^ Ebert, Roger. "Young Adam Movie Review & Film Summary (2004) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Young Adam scores Bafta success". BBC. 15 November 2004. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  3. ^ http://www.line.uk.com/. "Past Award Winners". Edinburgh International Film Festival. Retrieved 29 April 2016. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  4. ^ "Young Adam receives seven nominations in London Film Critics awards". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  5. ^ BIFA. "Nominations - Awards 2003 - BIFA - The British Independent Film Awards". www.bifa.film. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Europejska Akademia Filmowa 2003 - Filmweb". www.filmweb.pl. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  7. ^ "| Berlinale | Archive | Annual Archives | 2005 | Programme". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Asylum gets German art-house prize". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  9. ^ Scott, A. O. (4 September 2008). "Stalking in Scotland, the Aerial Perspective". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  10. ^ "'Hallam Foe' takes top prize at Dinard fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  11. ^ "2008 Archives - National Board of Review". National Board of Review. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Interview: David Mackenzie on Perfect Sense and You Instead". The List. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  13. ^ "T in the Park film returns to festival for premiere". BBC News. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  14. ^ SouthwarkTV (23 October 2013), SVI - Shame/Violence Intervention (Jonathan Asser), retrieved 2 May 2016
  15. ^ Asser, Jonathan (8 March 2014). "'If I move he'll attack': mastering rage in prisoners". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  16. ^ "British Academy Scotland Awards 2014 Winners Annouced". www.bafta.org. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  17. ^ BIFA. "Nominations - Awards 2013 - BIFA - The British Independent Film Awards". www.bifa.film. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  18. ^ "Starred Up". www.rottentomatoes.com. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  19. ^ Hopewell, Elsa Keslassy,John (22 April 2016). "Asghar Farhadi's 'The Salesman' Joins Cannes Film Festival Competition". Variety. Retrieved 2 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "Sigma Films". Sigma Films. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  21. ^ Fielder, Miles. "Interview: David Mackenzie on Perfect Sense and You Instead". The List (Edinburgh/Glasgow). Retrieved 4 November 2013.


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