Bill Douglas

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-04-17 (57 years old)

Deathday

1991-06-18

Place of Birth

Scotland, UK

Bill Douglas

Biography

William Gerald Forbes (Bill) Douglas was a Scottish film director best known for the trilogy of films about his early life. Having been interested in film-making all his life, in 1968 Douglas enrolled at the London International Film School, where he wrote the screenplay for a short autobiographical film called Jamie. After initial difficulties in finding support for the project, he eventually found a champion at the British Film Institute in the newly appointed head of Production, Mamoun Hassan, who secured funding on the basis that Jamie should form part one of a trilogy – echoing the great childhood trilogies of Ray and Gorki. The film was...

Production

1987

Comrades

as Director

1987

Comrades

as Writer

1970

Come Dancing

as Writer

1970

Come Dancing

as Director

1978

My Way Home

as Director

1978

My Way Home

as Writer

1973

My Ain Folk

as Writer

1973

My Ain Folk

as Director

1972

My Childhood

as Director

1972

My Childhood

as Writer

1974

Home and Away

as Writer

1966

1966

Gracemary

as Director

1968

Still Life

as Director

1967

1967

Fever

as Director

1968

Small World

as Director

1996

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