David Mackenzie (director)
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Mackenzie in 2016
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| Born | 10 May 1966 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Alma mater | DJCAD |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Organization | Sigma Films |
David Mackenzie (born 10 May 1966) is a Scottish film director and co-founder of the Glasgow-based production company Sigma Films. He has made nine feature films including Young Adam (2003), Hallam Foe (2007), Perfect Sense (2011) and Starred Up (2013). In 2016, Mackenzie's film Hell or High Water premiered at Cannes and was theatrically released in the United States in August. In October 2016, Mackenzie boarded Damnation - a TV pilot for Universal & USA Network.
Mackenzie and his films have been described as not fitting neatly into any particular genre or type.
Mackenzie lives in Scotland with his partner Hazel Mall and their three children; Ferosa, Luke and Arthur.
After studying at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Mackenzie began his directorial career with a series of well-regarded shorts, the first being Dirty Diamonds (1994). After that came California Sunshine (1997), Somersault (1999) and Marcie's Dowry (2000). All were nominated and won numerous awards internationally.
Mackenzie's debut feature film is titled The Last Great Wilderness (2002). His brother, Alastair Mackenzie plays a character looking to exact revenge by burning down his wife's lover's house in the Highlands. The film begins as a comedy gangster thriller, then wanders into horror film territory before subverting all expectations and delivering something altogether different instead. It premiered at TIFF in 2002.
He followed this with his acclaimed adaptation of Scots beat writer Alexander Trocchi’s cult novel,Young Adam (2003). It features Ewan McGregor as a young drifter working on a river barge as he disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits. Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan and Emily Mortimer also star. The film 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. The film also won the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature at EIFF, and British Newcomer of the Year at the London Critics Circle Awards and was nominated for four BIFA nominations and several European Film Academy Awards.
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