Education
2008 MFA Advanced Film Practice, Screen Academy Scotland, Scotland
2004 BA (Hons) Photography, Film & Imaging (First Class), Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Film Screenings (selected)
2024 ’Trì Às A Trì / Three From Three’, An Lanntair, Stornoway, Scotland
2019 BFI London Film Festival, London, England
2016 Arroios Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Ekurhuleni International Film Festival, Ekurhuleni, South Africa
2016 9th British Shorts Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
2015 12th London Short Film Festival, London, England
2015 11th Pantalla Pinamar International Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015 8th Glasgow Short Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
2015 Digicult Cinema Tour, Various Cities across Scotland
2015 BAFTA Scotland Showcase, Glasgow, Scotland
2015 Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus
2015 Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015 32nd Busan International Short Film Festival, Busan, South Korea
2015 Madeira Film Festival, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
2015 Leiden International Short Film Experience, Leiden, Netherlands
2015 11th International Short Film Festival “Piélagos en Corto”, Piélagos, Spain
2015 Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México, México City, México
2015 Bucharest International Short Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
2015 8th Northern Wave International Film Festival, Grundarfjörður, Iceland
2015 Colchagua International Film Festival, Colchagua, Chile
2015 33rd Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence, France
2015 13th In The Palace International Short Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
2014 goNORTH Festival, Inverness, Scotland
2014 20th International Short Film Festival in Drama, Drama, Greece
2014 11th Reykjavík International Film Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus
2014 25th Stockholm International Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
2014 Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, England
2014 Inverness Film Festival, Inverness, Scotland
2014 16th International Short Film Festival ‘City of Soria’, Soria, Spain
2014 Festival Internazionale del Cinema Povero, Ispra, Italy
2014 London Short Film Festival, London, England
2014 Nuits Sonores, Lyon, France
2013 Glasgow Short Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
2013 Scottish Government Film Event, European Union, Brussels, Belgium
2010 East End Film Festival, London, England
2009 Motherlodge Live Arts Exchange, New York, USA
2009 Screen Academy Scotland Graduation Showcase, Edinburgh, Scotland
2008 7th London Short Film Festival, London, England
2007 Milano Film Festival, Milan, Italy
2007 Jim Poole Short Film Award, Edinburgh, Scotland
Exhibitions (selected)
2024 Stills Salon - Stills Centre for Photography, Edinburgh, Scotland
2024 Sensing, Island Darkroom - Isle of Lewis, Scotland
2022 Street Level Open - Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, Scotland
2022 Absence, Presence - SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 Why Not Orange? - SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 No Night For This Day - SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2017 Glimpses of Connection - SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland (solo)
2017 Silence Awareness Existence, Arteles Creative Centre, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
2017 Spin Cycle - SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2017 I Was Meant To Love You - SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2016 Observations - SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland (solo)
2016 In The Undertow - Mutoscopio International Video Art Festival, Puebla City, Mexico
2016 To Bonus and Back - SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2016 So Much, No More - SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2016 when all.is said and done - SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2016 Opia - SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
Awards & Nominations (selected)
2014 Directors Jury Award, 16th International Short Film Festival of Soria
2014 Special Mention, Golden Egg Award, 11th Reykjavík International Film Festival
2014 Special Mention, International Competition, International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
2010 Nomination, Best UK Debut Feature, East End Film Festival
2014 Nomination, Best Short Film, 68th Edinburgh International Film Festival
2014 Nomination, Grand Prix & Prix UIP Drama, 20th International Short Film Festival in Drama
2014 Nomination, Aluminium Horse for Best Short Film, 25th Stockholm International Film Festival
2015 Nomination, Best International Short Film, 32nd Busan International Short Film Festival
2015 Nomination, Best International Short Film, 11th International Short Film Festival “Piélagos en Corto”
2015 Nomination, Best International Short Film, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México
2015 Nomination, Best International Short Film, Bucharest International Short Film Festival
2015 Nomination, Best International Short Film, 8th Northern Wave International Film Festival
2015 Nomination, Best International Short Film, 33rd Festival Tous Courts
2015 Nomination, Best International Short Film, 13th In The Palace International Short Film Festival
2013 Nomination, Scottish Short Film Award, Glasgow Short Film Festival
2008 Nomination, Best International Short Film, Milano Film Festival
2007 Nomination, Best Scottish Short Film, Jim Poole Short Film Award
Commissions, Grants & Bursaries
2023 Open Fund - Creative Scotland
2022 Scottish Artists Portfolio Review Bursary - Format, Street Level Photoworks, Stills
2021 Open Fund - Creative Scotland
2020 Screen Scotland Bursary
2020 Open Fund - Creative Scotland
2018 First Feature Development Fund - Scottish Film Talent Network, Screen Scotland, BFI Network
2017 Open Fund - Creative Scotland
2016 First Feature Development Fund - Scottish Film Talent Network, Screen Scotland, BFI Network
2016 Open Fund - Creative Scotland
2015 First Feature Development Fund - Scottish Film Talent Network, Screen Scotland, BFI Network
2014 Scottish Shorts Production Fund - Creative Scotland, Digicult, Hopscotch Films
Talent Labs
2019 Network@LFF, BFI London Film Festival, London, England
2019 Talent Lab Connects, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
2018 BFI Network X Bafta Crew, London, England
2018 New Talent Strand, Production Finance Market, BFI London Film Festival, London, England
2014 Transatlantic Talent Lab, Reykjavík International Film Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland
2013 EIFF Talent Lab, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
2013 Berlinale Talents, Berlin Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
2006 Scene Insiders - Script Factory, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
Artist Residencies
2024 Island Darkroom Winter Residency, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
2023 Muir is Tìr Residency, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
2022 SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
2017 Arteles Residency, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
2017 SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
2016 SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 Rough Mix, Edinburgh, Scotland
2014 Space/Time, Cromarty, Scotland