Directing
David Mackenzie
Born May 10, 1966 · Scotland, UK
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 King (2018), a historical film for Netflix. Mackenzie and his films have been described as not fitting neatly into any particular genre or type.
Known for
7.6
Hell or High Water
Director
6.9
Outlaw King
Director, Screenplay
7.0
Perfect Sense
Director, Executive Producer
7.3
Starred Up
Director
5.8
Spread
Director
7.0
Relay
Director, Writer, Producer
6.3
Fuze
Director, Producer
7.5
Under the Banner of Heaven
Director, Executive Producer
6.3
Young Adam
Screenplay, Director
6.9
Hallam Foe
Director, Screenplay
6.1
Asylum
Director
6.5
You Instead
Director
6.1
Homemade
Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
5.0 TMDB
The Last Great Wilderness
Director, Screenplay
9.0 TMDB
Marcie's Dowry
Director
7.0 TMDB
Dirty Diamonds
Director
6.0 TMDB
I Love Luci
Executive Producer
Life in 24 fps
Matt 2
The Stain on the Snow
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Somersault
Director
Filmography
- 2026FuzeDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2025RelayDirector, Writer, ProducerMovie
- 2022Under the Banner of HeavenDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
- 2020HomemadeDirector of Photography, Producer, EditorSeries
- 2018Outlaw KingDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 2016Hell or High WaterDirectorMovie
- 2014Starred UpDirectorMovie
- 2011Perfect SenseDirector, Executive ProducerMovie
- 2011You InsteadDirectorMovie
- 2011Life in 24 fpsMatt 2Movie
- 2010I Love LuciExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2009SpreadDirectorMovie
- 2007Hallam FoeDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 2005AsylumDirectorMovie
- 2003Young AdamScreenplay, DirectorMovie
- 2002The Last Great WildernessDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 2000SomersaultDirectorMovie
- 2000Marcie's DowryDirectorMovie
- 1999FragileDirectorMovie
- 1997Two FingersDirectorMovie
- 1995Wanting and GettingDirector, Producer, Writer, EditorMovie
- 1994Dirty DiamondsDirectorMovie
- —The Stain on the SnowDirector, Screenplay, Executive ProducerMovie