James Mackay (film producer)
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James Mackay is a british film producer
.
He was born in Scotland
and after studies at North East London Polytechnic, he worked in the London Filmmaker’s Co/op as cinema programmer. At the end of the seventies, he compiled a series of film screenings called New British Avant -Garde films, for the Edinburgh International Film Festival
, and he also programed for the FORUM of the Berlin Film Festival.
In 1981, he established a production and distribution company Dark Picture, specializing in new film and video, and thus began his collaboration with Derek Jarman
. He produced some of Derek Jarman’s most important movies e.g. The Angelic Conversation
(1985), The Garden
(1990 film) or Blue (1993 film)
. He has collaborated also with John Maybury
, Hannah Collins
, Davide Pepe and Bernard Rudden.
In 2009, James Mackay was a member of a main jury of the Czech queer film festival Mezipatra
.
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
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He was born in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and after studies at North East London Polytechnic, he worked in the London Filmmaker’s Co/op as cinema programmer. At the end of the seventies, he compiled a series of film screenings called New British Avant -Garde films, for the Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
The Edinburgh International Film Festival is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival...
, and he also programed for the FORUM of the Berlin Film Festival.
In 1981, he established a production and distribution company Dark Picture, specializing in new film and video, and thus began his collaboration with Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman
Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.-Life:...
. He produced some of Derek Jarman’s most important movies e.g. The Angelic Conversation
The Angelic Conversation
The Angelic Conversation is a CD soundtrack released by Coil for the film The Angelic Conversation."Enochian Calling", "Angelic Stations" and a few other tracks use samples from How to Destroy Angels...
(1985), The Garden
The Garden
- Places :*Madison Square Garden, the arena of the New York Knicks basketball and New York Rangers ice hockey teams*The Garden, a school of philosophy founded by Epicurus c...
(1990 film) or Blue (1993 film)
Blue (1993 film)
Blue is the twelfth and final feature film by director Derek Jarman, released four months before his death from AIDS-related complications...
. He has collaborated also with John Maybury
John Maybury
John Maybury is an English filmmaker. In 2005 he was listed as one of the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain.-Early life:...
, Hannah Collins
Hannah Collins
Hannah Collins is a contemporary artist and filmmaker.Hannah Collins makes work on the collective experiences of memory, history and the everyday in the modern World...
, Davide Pepe and Bernard Rudden.
In 2009, James Mackay was a member of a main jury of the Czech queer film festival Mezipatra
Mezipatra
Mezipatra is a Czech specialized film festival screening films with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender theme.The name Mezipatra in Czech means "mezzanine", i.e. the space between individual floors: a symbolic space for meeting of all kinds of people, regardless of their particularities...
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Producer Filmography
- In the Shadow of the Sun (1980)
- Sloane Square: A Room of One's Own (1981)
- T.G.: Psychic Rally in Heaven (1981)
- Pirate Tape (1983)
- What Can I Do with a Male Nude? (1985)
- The Angelic ConversationThe Angelic Conversation (film)The Angelic Conversation is a 1985 arthouse drama film directed by Derek Jarman. Its tone is set by the juxtaposition of slow moving photographic images and Shakespeare's sonnets read by Judi Dench...
(1985) - CaravaggioCaravaggio (film)Caravaggio is a British film directed by Derek Jarman. The film is a fictionalized re-telling of the life of Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.-Plot:...
(1986) - Aria (1987)
- L'ispirazione (1988)
- The Last of England (1988)
- The Garden (1990)
- The Gay Man's Guide to Safer Sex (1992)
- The Next Life (1993)
- Projections (1993)
- BlueBlue (1993 film)Blue is the twelfth and final feature film by director Derek Jarman, released four months before his death from AIDS-related complications...
(1993) - Glitterbug (1994)
- Daybreak (2000)
- Parallel (2007)
- Derek (2008)