Talent Guide
Gillies MacKinnon
- Discipline:Director
- Program Year:Fast Track 2024
Bio
Gillies Mackinnon is a Scottish director who has produced award winning work over the last 30 years. Previous films include The Last Bus, starring Timothy Spall, Hideous Kinky starring Kate Winslet, The Playboys starring Robin Wright and Aidan Quinn, and Regeneration starring Jonathan Pryce. In addition to the aforementioned, MacKinnon has directed some of the world’s greatest talent, including Judy Dench, Albert Finney, Michael Fassbender, Andy Serkis, Steve Martin, and Keira Knightly. MacKinnon is a painter and he uses his passion and eye for fine arts in his film work.
Current Project
May Savidge Moves Her HouseLogline
England 1969. When 60-year-old May Savidge's medieval house is threatened with demolition by the council, she goes to extreme lengths to save it: deconstructing it and rebuilding it, all by herself.