• 2007

  • Highland Clans (Producer Director & Presenter)
    6 x 30 min documentary series about the history of Scotland's Clans.
    Mentorn Scotland for BBC Scotland

• 2006

  • Mr and Mrs Mackintosh (Producer/Director)
    60 min doc for BBC about the life and loves of Scotland's most famous architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
    Mentorn Scotland for the BBC

  • A Chip on Both Shoulders (Producer/Director)
    60 min special for with Charles Kennedy looking at the legacy of the Treaty of Union.
    Mentorn Scotland for BBC Scotland and BBC 4.

• 2005

  • Car Nation (Producer/Director)
    3 x 1hr observational documentary series exploring the realities of life behind the wheel on Britain's roads.
    Denham Productions for BBC 2.

  • Voices (Series Director)
    4 x 30 min series looking at the diversity of regional accents and dialects throughout the country
    BBC 2

  • The Big Scots Road Trip (Director)
    One hour documentary exploring the regional diversity of spoken Scots.
    Hopscotch Films for BBC 2 Scotland

• 2004

  • Storms of War (Series Producer/Director)
    5 x 30min series looking at the impact of the weather on 20th century warfare, in which presenter Vladimir Jancovic experiences extreme weather zones throughout the world. Jancovic then undergoes a series of punishing physiological and psychometric tests in laboratory to evaluate the effect of extreme weather on his own body.
    Discovery Channel

• 2002-2003

  • Writing Scotland (Writer/Director)
    Television's first comprehensive history of Scottish Literature. Special challenges: to work within a limited budget and realise selected texts in a visually evocative way; communicating these ideas to a composer to produce an original score.
    Hopscotch Films for BBC Scotland and BBC 4

  • Days that Shook the World (Producer/Director)
    Subjects covered include: the murder of the Tsar and his family, the end of the Berlin Wall, the splitting of the atom, and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Challenges: selecting appropriate archive, working on drama reconstruction abroad on a very tight budget and schedule, and getting believable performances from non-actors.
    BBC 2

  • Sword and the Cross (Director)
    4 part dramatisation of Scotland's turbulent religious history. The challenge here was to make the subject matter as visual as possible. This included extensive battle re-enactments, hangings, burnings at the stake, and disembowelments etc. - all on a limited, documentary budget.
    BBC Scotland

• 2001-2002

  • River City (Director)
    2 episodes of the Scottish Soap
    BBC Scotland

  • Scotland the Wild (Producer/Director)
    6 part wildlife series.
    BBC 2 Scotland

  • Inside Scotland (Series Producer)
    24-part documentary series.
    BBC Scotland

• 2000-2001

  • Landward (Series Producer)
    BBC Scotland

  • Casualty (Director)
    BBC

  • Fame and Fortune (Screen Writer)
    Feature script
    funded by Scottish Screen

  • Biggles Flies Undone
    Drama Documentary
    in development with BBC Factual

• 1999-2000

  • Somhairle (Writer/Director)
    Drama documentary about the poet Somhairle Macilleathain.
    BBC Scotland

  • The Bill (Director)
    6 episodes of the police drama.
    Thames Television

  • Eirinn is Allaba (Producer/Director)
    Six-part documentary
    BBC co-production with RTE

• 1998-1999

  • Catriona (Screen Writer)
    Feature project in development.
    

  • The Bill (Director)
    2 one-hour episodes of the police drama.
    Thames Television

  • The Bill (Director)
    4 half-hour episodes.
    Thames Television

  • Tuned In (Producer/Directed)
    Documentary celebrating 75 years of BBC Scotland output.
    BBC Scotland

• 1997-1998

  • Casualty (Director)
    BBC

  • Stirring Times (Producer/Director)
    4 x 30min drama documentary history series.
    BBC Scotland

  • Bramwell II (Director)
    2 episodes of the period medical drama.
    Carlton Television

• 1996-1997

  • St Kilda Wedding (Producer/Director)
    a one-hour drama documentary about life on St Kilda.
    BBC Scotland

• 1995-1996

  • Rebellion (Producer/Director)
    One-hour drama documentary about the Jacobite Rebellions.
    BBC 2

  • Cracking Stories (Director)
    2 x half-hour documentaries.
    BBC Scotland

• 1994-1995

  • The Blue Boy (Writer/Director)
    One hour television drama.
    BBC Screen Two WMBH Boston

• 1993-1994

  • Seeker Reaper (Writer/Director)
    Dramatisation of the life and work of the poet George Campbell Hay.
    BBC Scotland

• 1991-1993

  • Various directing work in Television including: BBC Scotland's Insiders, Edinburgh Nights, Ex-S. STV's Working Miracles, NB, Dirt Detectives, Channel Four's Short Stories.
    Graduated as a Writer/Director from NFTS with Tin Fish - a drama about a US Submarine base in Scotland.

Education

Graduate of the National Film and Television School. Honours Degree in Philosophy from the University of Aberdeen.

Skills

Have shot extensively on 16mm, Super 8, VX100 and PD150, DSR 570, Sony Z1, both as a cameraman and director. Keen stills photographer. Mountaineering and sailing. Full driving licence.

Languages

Norwegian, German and some French. Knowledge of Gaelic.

Awards

BAFTA nomination: Rebellion.
BAFTA Scotland nominations: Seeker Reaper, The Blue Boy.
Writers Guild: Seeker Reaper.
Royal Television Society: Seeker Reaper
Celtic Film and Television Festival: Tin Fish, Seeker Reaper, The Blue Boy, Somhairle.
Prix Archives Ethniques: St Kilda Wedding, Seeker Reaper.