Don Boyd
| Don Boyd | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Donald William Robertson Boyd 11 August 1948 Nairn, Scotland |
| Years active | 1974 - |
| Spouse(s) | Hilary |
| Children | Amanda, Clare, Kate |
| Awards |
Nominated Best Director Light Entertainment Series 1996, Nominated Grand Jury Prize Sundance 1991, Nominated Critics Award Deauville American Film Festival 1991 Premio Cultura Alava, Vitoria International Film festival 2002 |
Nominated Best Director Light Entertainment Series 1996, Nominated Grand Jury Prize Sundance 1991, Nominated Critics Award Deauville American Film Festival 1991
Donald William Robertson "Don" Boyd Hon D.Litt (Exeter) (born 11 August 1948 in Nairn, Scotland) is a Scottish film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist. He was a Governor of the London Film School until 2016 and in 2017 was made an Honorary Professor in the College of Humanities at Exeter University.
Boyd was brought up by his Scottish father and Russian mother in Hong Kong, Uganda and Kenya and educated at the noted Scottish public school Loretto School in Musselburgh, East Lothian. After leaving school in 1965 he trained as an accountant in Edinburgh before enrolling in the London Film School in 1968. He graduated in 1970 and began his career working for the BBC television series Tomorrow's World. After two years directing commercials for the likes of Coca Cola, Shell and Chrysler, he directed his first feature film, Intimate Reflections, which premiered at the London Film Festival in 1975. This was followed by East of Elephant Rock starring John Hurt, which also premiered at the London Film Festival but gathered mainly hostile reviews.
In 1977 Boyd established his own production company, Boyd's Co., which over the next decade produced a series of British films including Alan Clarke's Scum, Derek Jarman's The Tempest, Lindsay Anderson's Look Back in Anger and Julien Temple's The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. During this time his company featured the work of such actors, writers, directors, producers, cinematographers and musicians as John Hurt, Ray Winstone, Dame Helen Mirren, Tilda Swinton, Stephen Fry, Michael Tolkin, Jeremy Thomas, Sarah Radclyffe, Bridget Fonda, Kathy Burke, The Edge, and The Sex Pistols.
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