Robbie McCallum (born 26 August 1967) is a Scottish screenwriter and novelist whose stories mix comedy, drama, social realism, and strong characters with a driving narrative. He has won numerous Awards for creative writing and was nominated for a BAFTA for his filmscript Rank. His debut novel I'll Be Your Dog, a comedy set in New Orleans, was released in 2010 and made the Amazon Top 10 Comedy List.
Biography
McCallum was born in Govanhill, Glasgow. When he was 10 in the late 1970s, his family moved to England in search of work. He left school at 15 and joined the railway as an apprentice electrician. He subsequently attended the University of Nottingham, Universite D'Orsay and the London College of Printing. McCallum is married to the film Production Designer, Sue Ferguson. They have two children and live in Brighton (UK) and Mindelo, São Vicente (Cabo Verde).
Work Screenplays
Sixty Cups of Coffee, 2000, short film Life By the Drop, 2002, short film Rank, 2003, short film The Fall of Shug McCracken, 2005, short film Hips, Lips and Fingertips, 2007, feature film The Road to Marfa Lights, 2008, feature film The Green Room, 2009, feature film Saviour, 2010, feature film The Brighton Send Off, 2014, feature film Atlantic Heart, 2014, feature film Bulldog Breed, 2017, feature film
Novels
I'll Be Your Dog, 2010 Smiling Out Loud, 2011
Directing
Franco's Famous Cheekball, 2014, Short Film Monkfish, 2014, Short Film Brighton Is Falling, 2016, Music Video Atlantic Heart, 2016, Feature Film The Black Black, 2017, Short Film
Awards
In 2002, McCallum was a BBC Talent finalist for his film Sixty Cups of Coffee In 2003, Life By The Drop won the Audience Award at the Dallas International Film Festival In 2003, Rank won the London Production Award, was and was subsequently nominated for a BAFTA In 2005, The Fall of Shug McCracken was Awarded Production Funding from Scottish Screen. The film was produced in Glasgow and Texas, USA and went on to win the Best Comedy Award at the Santa Monica Film Festival In 2008, The Road to Marfa Lights was Awarded Development funding from Scottish Screen
References
Pan African Film Festival Los Angeles World Premiere Screening of Atlantic Heart Seattle International Film Festival Screening of Atlantic Heart Africa In Motion UK Premiere Glasgow of Atlantic Heart Cine-City English Premiere of Atlantic Heart
External links
Review of Rank by Angus Wolfe Murray Review of Sixty Cups of Coffee by Chris Parcellin Interview with Robbie McCallum, Retro Magazine, Issue 6, 2010 Interview Q&A with Robbie McCallum at Cinecity: The Brighton Film Festival, 2016 Interview with Robbie McCallum in The Argus, 2016 Review of Atlantic Heart by Andrew Murray, 2016