Don Coutts is a Scottish filmmaker best known as the director of the 2003 feature film American Cousins and for bringing the world of Katie Morag to the screen. The successful translation of the characters from the books of Mairi Hedderwick has won nine awards - including a US Peabody, 3 BAFTAs, a Royal Television Society Scotland Children's Award, a Scottish BAFTA and a Kidscreen award.
He is also a documentary and music filmmaker who has worked on numerous current affairs and entertainment productions,[1] including the late night discussion programme After Dark. He was recognised for his achievements and contributions at the 2015 Scottish BAFTA Awards where he won the Best Director Award.
- ^ See: "Move on up - Arts & Documentary". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2008.