Mike Alexander

Mike Alexander

Directing
Born 1945-05-01 Scotland 26 credits
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Mike Alexander is a Scottish filmmaker. He co-founded the independent Glasgow-based production company Pelicula Films Ltd in 1972 with Mark Littlewood. Through Pelicula Films, he produced a variety of different films, both fiction and documentary. Working in long close association with writer and producer Dougla Eadie, his music credits include Transatlantic Sessions, Down Home with Aly Bain in North America, Beyond The Maypole, Aly Meets The Cajuns, The Jazz Apple and Follow The Moonstone. Outside of music, the Alexander/Eadie collaborations include: the Gaelic drama, As An Eilean (“From The Island”) winner of best feature film award at the 1993 Festival of the Americas in Montevideo, Uruguay; Gramsci – Everything That Concerns People, a dramatised portrait of the great Italian socialist writer; Haston – A Life In The Mountains, the life and times of the legendary Dougal Haston, enfant terrible of Scottish climbing; and Fishing For Poetry, with Billy Connolly, Aly Bain and Andrew Greig celebrating the centenary of the birth of the great Scottish poet, Norman MacCaig, by trekking high into the hills of MacCaig’s beloved Assynt to find and fish his favourite trout loch.
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Filmography
Directing 26 credits
Screen Two
Screen Two
1985 · Director
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
1970 · Director, Writer
Interrogation of a Highland Lass
Interrogation of a Highland Lass
2000 · Director
Lothian Landscape
Lothian Landscape
1974 · Director
Mairi Mhor
Mairi Mhor
1994 · Director
The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard
1969 · Director
Dunfermline
Dunfermline
1974 · Director
Cajun Country
Cajun Country
1997 · Director
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
1987 · Director
Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band
Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band
1997 · Director
Stephen Hendry: Doing the Business
Stephen Hendry: Doing the Business
1988 · Director
Dreaming
Dreaming
1991 · Director
The Gardener
The Gardener
1971 · Director
Castle and Capital
Castle and Capital
1979 · Director
Home and Away
Home and Away
1974 · Director, Writer
The Tent
The Tent
1975 · Director, Writer
Beyond the Maypole
Beyond the Maypole
1991 · Director
As an Eilean
As an Eilean
1993 · Director, Producer
Stock of Broom - The Edinburgh Merchant Company
Stock of Broom - The Edinburgh Merchant Company
1981 · Director
Neil Gunn - Light in the North
Neil Gunn - Light in the North
1972 · Director
Man and Energy
Man and Energy
1976 · Director
Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
2010 · Director
Iona - Dove Across the Water
Iona - Dove Across the Water
1982 · Director
Behind the Lines: The Making of Lesley Keen's Taking a Line For a Walk
Behind the Lines: The Making of Lesley Keen's Taking a Line For a Walk
1983 · Director, Producer
Norman MacCaig: A Man in My Position
Norman MacCaig: A Man in My Position
1977 · Director
Other Voices, Too: An Evening With Nanci Griffith
Other Voices, Too: An Evening With Nanci Griffith
1999 · Director, Producer
Producing 3 credits
As an Eilean
As an Eilean
1993 · Director, Producer
Behind the Lines: The Making of Lesley Keen's Taking a Line For a Walk
Behind the Lines: The Making of Lesley Keen's Taking a Line For a Walk
1983 · Director, Producer
Other Voices, Too: An Evening With Nanci Griffith
Other Voices, Too: An Evening With Nanci Griffith
1999 · Director, Producer
Writing 3 credits
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
1970 · Director, Writer
Home and Away
Home and Away
1974 · Director, Writer
The Tent
The Tent
1975 · Director, Writer
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