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- John McKay (director) John McKay is a Scottish film and television director. His initial career was as a playwright, before he began his film career by directing the short films Doom and Gloom (1996) and Wet and Dry (1997).
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John McKay is a Scottish film and television director. His initial career was as a playwright, before he began his film career by directing the short films Doom and Gloom (1996) and Wet and Dry (1997).
John McKay was born in 1965 in Scotland, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Doom and Gloom (1998), 1745 (2017) and Crush (2001).
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- Director, Producer, Writer
- Scotland, UK
- John McKay
After producing the award-winning shorts 1745 and A Glimpse, John McKay’s first feature film as a producer, Aylin Tezel’s Falling Into Place (co-produced with Weydemann Bros of Berlin) was completed in early 2023 and will receive its international premiere in competition at Tallinn in November 2023. For news of his producing work via his ...
The Canterbury Tales. I got to make two dramas in this ground-breaking series – The Sea Captain’s Tale with the wonderful Om Puri, and series opener The Miller’s Tale with Billie Piper in her first big part. Other TV series I’ve worked on include Psychos and Whistleblowers. If you’d like to download a full CV, you can find it here –.
John McKay is a creative expert and an entrepreneur. He has twice been nominated for a Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel Award (2002, 2003) for outstanding achievement in sound editing in film, television, and across the entertainment industry.
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Movies. Crush. Crush was my first feature film – an incredible experience pretty much straight out of film school. Starring Andie Macdowell, Imelda Staunton and Anna Chancellor, it was very successful around the world – and is still a favourite at girls’ nights in.