Peter Mullan Biography (3)

Peter Mullan is an acclaimed writer, director and actor. As a director and writer he made his debut with the short film Close in 1993. It won the Michael Samuelson Best Film Award and marked the beginning of a long-term collaboration with THE MAGDALENE SISTERS producer Frances Higson. This was followed shortly by Good Day For The Bad Guys in 1995 and Fridge in 1996, which received international acclaim collecting among others a BAFTA, Best Film at Bilbao Film Festival and Best International Drama at Palm Springs Short Film Festival. Mullan's first feature film Orphans, which again he both wrote and directed, starred Douglas Henshall and Gary Lewis, It received an enthusiastic response from audiences and critics alike, winning many international awards including Best Film at Venice Film Festival and Best European Screenplay at Barcelona Film Festival in 1999.

Mullan's film credits include The Big Man and Riff-Raff in the 1990s. He worked alongside Ewan McGregor in Danny Boyle's Shallow Grave and Trainspotting and with Mel Gibson in Braveheart. His role as Joe in Ken Loach's My Name is Joe, in 1998, won him critical acclaim and a Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, Valladolid Film festival and Empire Film Awards. His most recent work includes Miss Julie, in 1999, opposite Saffron Burrows, Ordinary Decent Criminal with Kevin Spacey, Michael Winterbottom's The Claim with Milla Jovovich and Natassja Kinski and Session 9 directed by Brad Anderson.

Peter has also directed for television, including several episodes of the BBC drama Cardiac Arrest, starring Helen Baxendale, which earned him a nomination for Best Director at the Royal Television Society. His television work as an actor includes Taggart co-starring Marc McMannus and BBC comedies Ruffian Hearts with Maureen Beattie and Ewen Bremner and Rab C Nesbitt with Gregor Fisher.

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