David Mackenzie (director)

David Mackenzie ( born May 10, 1966 in Corbridge ) is a British film director.

Mackenzie started his film career with the production of short films. For his 20minüter California Sunshine 1997 he won his first prize. The film has the lives of two small-time dealer on the subject, for a role he occupied his younger brother Alastair Mackenzie, who should also be filled in subsequent works of David and over again.

In 1999, he won the Audience Award at the Brest European Short Film Festival for the film Marcie 's Dowry, in 2000 he won for Somersault (filmed 1999), the second prize for the best short film at the Filmfest Dresden.

Overall, Mackenzie turned nine short films and documentaries, until he made ​​his first full-length feature film. In 2002, he turned The Last Great Wilderness with a tighter budget, on the screenplay with his brother Alistair was involved and also starred. International David Mackenzie but was first seen with the 2003 film shot Young Adam, whose plot is based on the eponymous 1954 novel by Alexander Trocchi. For the main roles he won the stars Tilda Swinton and Ewan McGregor and won them the 2003 Best New British Feature award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. With the film he was named British Newcomer of the Year by the London Film Critics Circle Award in 2004. Other film festivals followed and Young Adam was included in the worldwide theatrical distribution. More films are Asylum ( 2005), based on a novel by Patrick McGrath with Natasha Richardson and Hallam Foe (2007) based on a novel by Peter Jinks. 2006, the film adaptation of the life story of the German singer Nico with Tilda Swinton in the lead role in planning, however, was placed on ice for unknown reasons. The movie Toy Boy with Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche was published in 2009 and received mostly poor reviews in America. His film You instead of the year 2011 was nominated in the same year for both the BAFTA and the British Independent Film Awards, but could not win.

Filmography

  • 2003 Young Adam by Alexander Trocchi, Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton
  • 2004 Asylum by Patrick McGrath
  • 2007 Hallam Foe by Peter Jinks
  • 2009 Toy Boy (orig. spread) with Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche
  • 2011 You Instead
  • 2011 Perfect Sense Ewan McGregor and Eva Green ft
  • 2013 Starred Up
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