Awards and Nominations

BRITISH COUNCIL AWARD – BEST UK SHORT
 - Nomination  for Communion at the London Short Film Festival, 2012

BEST STUDENT SHORT – SPECIAL MENTION
 - Special Mention for For Megan at the London Short Film Festival, 2012

BAFTA SCOTLAND – BEST NEW WRITER
- BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards 2008 for ‘The Flyer’ – Nominee

Films & Festivals

COMMUNION (2011, 14min, S16, Col)
Wrote and Directed 
- Premiered at the London Short Film Festival on Wed 11th Jan, 2012
- Nominated for the British Council Award for BEST UK SHORT
- Selected for Skillset’s FUTURE VOICES screening at ICA / LSFF, alongside
a programme of four other short films which have all been described as ‘groundbreaking’.
- Selected for Berlinale Film Cloud

FOR MEGAN (2011, 21min, S16, Col)
Wrote and Directed
 - Special Mention – Best Student Short, LSFF 2012

WATERBABY (2011, 6min, S16, Col)
Wrote and Directed
- BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL, OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011
- London Short Film Festival, 2012

REMNANTS (2010, 17min, RED 2K, Col)
Wrote and Directed
- BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL, OFFICIAL SELECTION 2010

THE FLYER (2008, 16min, HDV, Col)
Wrote and Directed
BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards
- Best New Writer – Nominee
- Best First-Time Performance

 Official Selection:
-       EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008
-       PALM SPRINGS SHORTFEST 2009
-       ASIANA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2009
-       CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL 2009
-       CINEFEST HUNGARY / MISKOIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009
-       OFF-COURTS TROUVILLE FILM FESTIVAL 2009
-       TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL 2009

BEST OF SCOTTISH SHORTS
- Scottish Screen Compilation DVD
-       EUROCHANNEL – Short Films Tour & International Broadcast
-       BRITISH COUNCIL – Selection for Short Film Scheme
-       SHORTS INTERNATIONAL – Distribution Deal

Education & Training

National Film & Television School, 2009-2011
- MA FILM & TELEVISION – specialising in Directing Fiction

BBC Northern Ireland & Stirling Television, 2011
- Shadowing Director on new mini-series, 6 Degrees

Queen Margaret University Edinburgh 2000-2003
- BA (Hons) DRAMA & THEATRE ARTS: First Class degree

Additional Production Work

BALLOON TV (Capture Productions, web entertainment show at Edinburgh Fringe)
- Director & Digital Cinematographer

NEXUSLIVE (Live webTv music entertainment)
-  Director - live music entertainment shows for Edinburgh Fringe, 2006&7
-  Producer - VT content for the live shows

LATE N’ LIVE – COMEDY (Capture Productions, live comedy, Edinburgh Festival Fringe)
- Camera Operator  - Sony Z1 & Canon XHA1         

‘CEOL NA FIDHLE’ (STV / Kenyon Productions
- Production Assistant - two STV broadcast productions, gaelic music programme

THE BOOM ROOM (Channel 4 Ideasfactory – live webTv music show)
-  Trainee Director  - Multi Camera TV (in association with Nexuslive.com

‘YOU LOOKING AT ME?’ (Channel 4 / Besom Productions)
- Production Trainee - Feature-Length TV Drama (Northern Ireland Traineeship)