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Mike Alexander

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Mike Alexander

Born May 1, 1945 in Scotland25 films

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.

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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.

Filmography

25 films as director
  1. 2010Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaigDirector
  2. 2000Interrogation of a Highland LassDirector
  3. 1999Other Voices, Too: An Evening With Nanci GriffithDirector
  4. 1997Retying the Knot: The Incredible String BandDirector
  5. 1997Cajun CountryDirector
  6. 1994Mairi MhorDirector
  7. 1993As an EileanDirector
  8. 1991Beyond the MaypoleDirector
  9. 1991DreamingDirector
  10. 1988Stephen Hendry: Doing the BusinessDirector
  11. 1987Gramsci: Everything that Concerns PeopleDirector
  12. 1983Behind the Lines: The Making of Lesley Keen's Taking a Line For a WalkDirector
  13. 1982Iona - Dove Across the WaterDirector
  14. 1981Stock of Broom - The Edinburgh Merchant CompanyDirector
  15. 1979Castle and CapitalDirector
  16. 1977Norman MacCaig: A Man in My PositionDirector
  17. 1976Man and EnergyDirector
  18. 1975The TentDirector
  19. 1974Home and AwayDirector
  20. 1974DunfermlineDirector
  21. 1974Lothian LandscapeDirector
  22. 1972Neil Gunn - Light in the NorthDirector
  23. 1971The GardenerDirector
  24. 1970AberdeenDirector
  25. 1969The BodyguardDirector