
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
May 10, 1966 (59 years old)
Scotland, UK
David Mackenzie
Biography
David Mackenzie (born 10 May 1966) is a Scottish film director and co-founder of the Glasgow-based production company Sigma Films. He has made ten feature films including Young Adam (2003), Hallam Foe (2007), Perfect Sense (2011), and Starred Up (2013). In 2016, Mackenzie's film Hell or High Water premiered at Cannes and was theatrically released in the United States in August. In October 2016, Mackenzie boarded Damnation - a TV pilot for Universal & USA Network. Mackenzie also directed Outlaw King (2018), a historical film for Netflix.
Mackenzie and his films have been described as not fitting neatly into any particular genre or type.
Known For
Directing

Relay
Director, Producer, Writer
2025

Under the Banner of Heaven
Director, Executive Producer
2022

Homemade
Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Director
2020

Outlaw King
Director, Screenplay
2018

Hell or High Water
Director
2016

Starred Up
Director
2014

Perfect Sense
Director, Executive Producer
2011

You Instead
Director
2011

Spread
Director
2009

Hallam Foe
Director, Screenplay
2007

Asylum
Director
2005

Young Adam
Director, Screenplay
2003