Robin MacPherson (born 1959,

Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

) is a filmmaker and was Chair in Creative Industries at the

University of the Highlands and Islands The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) is an integrated, tertiary institution encompassing both further and higher education. It is composed of 12 colleges and research institutions spread around the Highlands and Islands, Moray and Pe ...

before retiring. Previously he was Professor of Screen Media at

Edinburgh Napier University , mottoeng = Without knowledge, everything is in vain , established = 1992 – granted University status 1964 – Napier Technical College , type = Public , academic_staff = 802 , administrative_staff = 562 , chancellor = Will Whitehorn , ...

, director of

Screen Academy Scotland The Screen Academy Scotland (A Skillset Film Academy) is a collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University and Edinburgh College of Art. It was opened in August 2005 by the then First Minister of Scotland, Jack McConnell, and is based in Edinb ...

(a Creative Skillset Film Academy partnership with

Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is one of eleven schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Tracing its history back to 1760, it provides higher education in art and design, architecture, histor ...

) and of the Institute for Creative Industries at Edinburgh Napier. Educated at Garthamlock Secondary School, Glasgow, and at the

University of Stirling The University of Stirling (, gd, Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built ...

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-winnin
''Fellini: I'm a born liar''.
After two years as Development Executive at

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in 2002 he joined

where, in 2005, he became the firs
Director
of

. From 2008 to 2015 he le
ENGAGE
an EU MEDIA-funded collaboratio
with the Irish, Estonian and Finnish national film schools.
In 2010 he was appointed by the Scottish Government to the Board of

Creative Scotland Creative Scotland ( gd, Alba Chruthachail ; sco, Creative Scotlan) is the development body for the arts and creative industries in Scotland. Based in Edinburgh, it is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. The or ...

. on which he served until July 2015. In 2011 he was appointed as Director o
the Institute for Creative Industries
at

. From 2011 to 2015 he was a member of the Board of Creative Edinburgh.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:MacPherson, Robin Living people Film people from Glasgow Academics of Edinburgh Napier University Alumni of the University of Stirling Scottish bloggers Date of birth missing (living people) 1959 births