Boyd, Don

Don Boyd (1948- ) is a film director, producer and writer. He was born in Nairn, Scotland, 11th August 1948, and raised in Hong Kong and East Africa. In 1970, he graduated from the London Film School and worked his way through a number of television commercials, promotional films and work for the BBC's popular TV series Tomorrow's World . He directed his first feature film, Intimate Reflections, in 1975; it was selected as an Outstanding Film of the Year at the London Film Festival later that year.

He followed his debut feature with East of Elephant Rock, filmed on location in Sri Lanka and starring John Hurt, after which he turned his attention to producing a package of films for acclaimed British directors under the Boyd's Co. banner. These included Alan Clarke's hugely controversial borstal drama Scum and Derek Jarman's idiosyncratic update of Shakespeare's The Tempest . These films were made at a time when production in Britain was severely impoverished, and Boyd's Co. was perceived as a new oasis for young British talent, and Boyd himself was often cited as a great hope for the future revival in the fortunes of the national cinema.

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