Edinburgh Film Festival Hires ‘Trainspotting’ Producer Andrew Macdonald To Create And Chair New Governing Board
deadline.comTrainspotting producer Andrew Macdonald has been appointed as the new Chair of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF).
As part of the role, Macdonald will lead the formation of a new organization that will deliver EIFF from 2024. Macdonald will now recruit a board and executive team to lead the Festival’s development from September 2023.
Like many Scottish film professionals, Macdonald is an EIFF alum. He worked at the festival in 1992, during which he made a video diary about raising cash to produce his first feature film, Shallow Grave.
The film was finally made in 1993 and had its world premiere at EIFF in 1994. Written by John Hodge and directed by Danny Boyle, the film was a box office success and won the BAFTA for Best British Film.
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