A native of Portree on the Isle of Skye, Douglas Mackinnon honed his craft at Portree High School before training at the National Film and Television School in the late 1980s. Early on he directed The Proclaimers’ “Letter from America” music video and the documentary series Home, which captured the 1990 Camanachd Cup triumph, before moving into drama with episodes of The Bill, Soldier Soldier and…
