Biography
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 ten 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 also directed Outlaw K...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Relay
2025
Producer, Director, Writer
Tom, a world class “fixer”, specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He ke...
Outlaw King
2018
Director, Screenplay
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
Hell or High Water
2016
Director
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Starred Up
2014
Director
19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive t...
Perfect Sense
2011
Director, Executive Producer
In Glasgow, Scotland, while a mysterious pandemic begins to spread around the world, Susan, a brilliant epidemiologist, falls in love with Michael, a ...
You Instead
2011
Director
Two feuding rock stars get handcuffed together for 24 hours at a music festival where they are both due to perform.
Life in 24 fps
2011
as Matt 2
The students at Victoria Film School were given the opportunity to compete in a film making competition which promised to boost their careers after gr...
Spread
2009
Director
A gigolo must contend with the prospect that he has found true love.
Hallam Foe
2007
Director, Screenplay
Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, h...
Asylum
2005
Director
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former...
Young Adam
2003
Director, Screenplay
A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river ...
The Last Great Wilderness
2002
Director, Screenplay
Charlie's wife has left him for a successful pop star, and he wants revenge. He sets out for Scotland's Isle of Skye, where he will burn down the star...
Somersault
2000
Director
A young teenage girl who lives with a single mother who is usually out getting drunk and picking up much younger men.
Marcie's Dowry
2000
Director
Gus and Molly have spent all their money on their only daughter Marcie. Now she's getting married and somebody's going to have to pay...
Wanting and Getting
1995
Director, Producer, Writer
Gorbals, Glasgow. A caterpillar crosses the road unnoticed by anyone. Four stories pass within millimetres of its life.
Dirty Diamonds
1994
Director
An Edinburgh detective is hired to find a missing husband.
Fuze
N/A
Director, Producer
A long-buried WWII bomb found in central London sparks a citywide evacuation.
The Stain on the Snow
N/A
Screenplay, Executive Producer, Director
A story focuses on Frank Friedmaier, a thief, pimp and murderer.
The Mission
N/A
Director
An action thriller about the 2008 rescue of 15 hostages from the guerrila group in the Colombian jungle.
Jett Day
N/A
Director
A black ops agent on a mission to prevent a newly-discovered diamond mine from falling into Russian hands.