Grant McPhee

Grant McPhee
OccupationFilm Director
Years active2002–present

Grant McPhee is a Scottish film director, cinematographer and writer. His films include the music documentaries Big Gold Dream, Teenage Superstars[1][2] and the drama, Far From the Apple Tree[3] starring Sorcha Groundsell. He won the prestigious audience choice award in 2015 for his film Big Gold Dream at the 2015 edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In television, he worked as a second unit director and cinematographer on Outlander.

He has written articles for The National, I News, Clash Music, Caught by the River, Louder Than War, Bella Caledonia and the books Hungry Beat (as co-writer) published by White Rabbit Books, Postcards From Scotland published by Omnibus Books and a soon to be released book on Glasgow’s 1990’s underground music scene. In 2022, he co-wrote the book, Hungry Beat, an oral history of Scottish Post-Punk music which was published by White Rabbit Books. This was followed by Postcards From Scotland 1980's and 1990's independent music scene. A second volume is planned which will explore Scotland's late 80s and 90's underground music scene, focussing on the 13th Note Club, Glasgow Music Collective and Belle and Sebastian.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

He is currently working on an upcoming project on the Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham as well as leading on a series of films covering Liverpool’s post-punk music scene as well as the cities 60s, 70s and 80s cultural underground.

  1. ^ EIFF 2017 Line Up
  2. ^ "Grant McPhee's Teenage Superstars documentary proves a hit". The Courier Newspaper. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. ^ Screen Daily Article on EIFF Line Up
  4. ^ White Rabbit Books listing for Hungry Beat
  5. ^ "From Primal Scream to Teenage Fanclub: Scotland's indie music scene celebrated in Fife man's new film". The Courier Newspaper. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Fife links to Joy Division and The Human League recalled in new post-punk book by Cupar-schooled co-author". The Courier Newspaper. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Documentary producer brings out new book on Scotland's post-punk scene". The Courier Newspaper. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  8. ^ National Newspaper Article written by McPhee
  9. ^ INews Article written by McPhee
  10. ^ Clash Music article written by McPhee
  11. ^ Louder than War article written by McPhee
  12. ^ Bella Caledonia article written by McPhee
  13. ^ Caught by the River article written by McPhee