Robbie McCallum

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.^[1] 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, his family moved to England in the late 70s in search of work. He left school at 15 and joined the railway as an apprentice electrician. He subsequently attended Nottingham University, 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 (Africa).

Work

Screenplays

Sixty Cups of Coffee, 2000
Life By the Drop, 2002
Rank, 2003
The Fall of Shug McCracken, 2005
Hips, Lips and Fingertips, 2007
The Road to Marfa Lights, 2008
The Green Room, 2009
Saviour, 2010
The Brighton Send Off, 2014
Atlantic Heart, 2014

Novels

I'll Be Your Dog, 2010
Smiling Out Loud, 2011

Directing

Franco's Famous Cheekball, 2014, Short Film
Monkfish, 2014, Short Film
Atlantic Heart, 2014, Feature 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

↑ Holloway, Henry (16 Mar 2016). "Every fancied being in a music video? Now is your chance". www.theargus.co.uk. The Argus.

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.

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