Allan Scott (Scottish screenwriter)
| Allan Scott | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Allan Shiach 16 September 1940 Elgin, Moray, Scotland |
| Occupation | Screenwriter and producer |
| Years active | 1970–present |
Allan Scott, the alias of Allan Shiach (born 16 September 1940), is a Scottish screenwriter and producer, nominated for BAFTA's Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film and a Genie Award for his 1997 film Regeneration. He has won the Edgar Award (1976) and Writers' Guild Award (1978).
Allan Scott was born in Elgin, Moray, and educated at Gordonstoun School and McGill University, Montreal, where he obtained a BA in English Literature. After training in the Scotch whisky industry, he worked as a writer for television both in the US and the UK during the seventies while also serving as a non-executive director of Macallan-Glenlivet plc.
He became chairman and chief executive of Macallan-Glenlivet in the late '70's, a role he held until 1996, during which period the company's market capitalization on the London Stock Exchange grew some two hundredfold, its reputation for innovative and focused marketing and management helping to establish a highly successful international brand of malt whisky.
He served for several years on the Broadcasting Council of BBC Scotland and in 1986 succeeded Sir Denis Forman as Chairman of the Scottish Film Production Fund. His subsequent Chairmanship of the Scottish Film Council lasted for six years and following upon the SFC's initiative to create a new, broadly-based body for the Scottish screen industries (the Film Archive, Media Education, Exhibition, Screen Locations and Production Fund), he was appointed the first Chairman of the new organisation named Scottish Screen. Having chaired the Interim Board which supervised the transition and consolidation, he remained as chairman for a further year before stepping down in 1998, after twelve years of involvement with Scotland's film making bodies.
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