Robin MacPherson

Robin MacPherson (born 1959, Glasgow, Scotland) is Professor of Screen Media at Edinburgh Napier University, director of Screen Academy Scotland (a Creative Skillset Film Academy partnership with Edinburgh College of Art) and of the Institute for Creative Industries at Edinburgh Napier.

Educated at Garthamlock Secondary School, Glasgow, and at the University of Stirling he entered the film and television industry in 1989 as a producer at Edinburgh Film Workshop Trust where he made documentary, current affairs and drama including the BAFTA-nominated half-hour drama, The Butterfly Man. In 1997, he established Asylum Pictures, an independent production company whose films include the Scottish-BAFTA nominated documentary, Tree Fellers, and (as co-producer) the award-winning Fellini: I'm a born liar.

After two years as Development Executive at Scottish Screen in 2002 he joined Edinburgh Napier University where, in 2005, he became the first Director of Screen Academy Scotland. Since 2008 he has led ENGAGE, an EU MEDIA-funded collaboration with the Irish, Estonian and Finnish national film schools.

In 2010 he was appointed by the Scottish Government to the Board of Creative Scotland.[1] The following year he was appointed as Director of the Institute for Creative Industries at Edinburgh Napier University. In April 2011 he joined the Board of Creative Edinburgh.[2]

In April 2015 he was appointed to the first Chair in Creative Industries at the University of the Highlands and Islands.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Creative Scotland". Scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "The Board". Creative Edinburgh. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "UHI". Retrieved 24 April 2015.