Ian Waugh’s films have played at festivals such as Edinburgh, Drama, Stockholm, Busan and BFI London. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents, Reykjavík Transatlantic Lab and EIFF Talent Lab Connects. In 2019 he was selected for the flagship development programme BFI Network@LFF as an artist disrupting conventions with international focus and ambition.

His short drama As He Lay Falling was backed by Creative Scotland and premiered in competition at Edinburgh International Film Festival. It screened at over 30 international festivals before an online release through acclaimed indie platform NoBudge. As He Lay Falling is being developed into a feature film with support from Screen Scotland and the BFI Network.

Waugh works with photography to explore emotional landscapes and the psychological experience of place. He has received numerous bursaries and has made work in residencies in Iceland, Finland, Germany and the UK. His upcoming series The Cleared Country has been supported by Creative Scotland and is being developed into a book.