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Michael James Fairley Alexander, Michael Alexander
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Mike Alexander is a Scottish filmmaker. He co-founded the independent Glasgow-based production company Pelicula Films Ltd in 1972 with Mark Littlewood. Through Pelicula Films, he produced a variety of different films, both fiction and documentary. Working in long close association with writer and producer Dougla Eadie, his music credits include Transatlantic Sessions, Down Home with Aly Bain in North America, Beyond The Maypole, Aly Meets The Cajuns, The Jazz Apple and Follow The Moonstone. Outside of music, the Alexander/Eadie collaborations include: the Gaelic drama, As An Eilean (“From The Island”) winner of best feature film award at the 1993 Festival of the Americas in Montevideo, Uruguay; Gramsci – Everything That Concerns People, a dramatised portrait of the great Italian socialist writer; Haston – A Life In The Mountains, the life and times of the legendary Dougal Haston, enfant terrible of Scottish climbing; and Fishing For Poetry, with Billy Connolly, Aly Bain and Andrew Greig celebrating the centenary of the birth of the great Scottish poet, Norman MacCaig, by trekking high into the hills of MacCaig’s beloved Assynt to find and fish his favourite trout loch.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1945-05-01
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 3.9
- info Birth Place Scotland
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The Bodyguard
1969-01-01
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Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
1987-01-01
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Cajun Country
1997-02-18
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Other Voices, Too: An Evening With Nanci Griffith
1999-09-14
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Other Voices, Too: An Evening With Nanci Griffith
1999-09-14
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Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
2010-11-08
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Castle and Capital
1979-01-01
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Dunfermline
1974-01-01
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Iona - Dove Across the Water
1982-01-01
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As an Eilean
1993-10-14
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Lothian Landscape
1974-01-01
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Neil Gunn - Light in the North
1972-01-01
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Norman MacCaig: A Man in My Position
1977-01-01
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Aberdeen
1970-01-01
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Aberdeen
1970-01-01
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Home and Away
1974-01-02
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The Tent
1975-01-01
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The Tent
1975-01-01
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Home and Away
1974-01-02
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Dreaming
1991-03-24
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As an Eilean
1993-10-14
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Mairi Mhor
1994-11-09
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Interrogation of a Highland Lass
2000-12-25
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Stock of Broom - The Edinburgh Merchant Company
1981-01-01
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Beyond the Maypole
1991-05-26
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Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band
1997-10-25
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Stephen Hendry: Doing the Business
1988-01-01