Eddie McConnell
Encyclopedia
Eddie McConnell is a Scottish documentary film-maker and cameraman. A collection of his work over the last fifty years is held by the Scottish Screen Archive
at the National Library of Scotland
. A special screening of his films was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
in August 2007.
In 2007, McConnell was honoured for his Special Contribution to Scottish Film at the BAFTA Scotland
awards ceremony.
Scottish Screen
Scottish Screen is the national body for film and television in Scotland, established in April 1997. It took on the functions of the Scottish Film Council, the Scottish Film Production Fund, Scottish Screen Locations and Scottish Broadcast and Film Training, forming a unitary organisation.Scottish...
at the National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland is the legal deposit library of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections. It is based in a collection of buildings in Edinburgh city centre. The headquarters is on George IV Bridge, between the Old Town and the university quarter...
. A special screening of his films was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
The Edinburgh International Film Festival is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival...
in August 2007.
In 2007, McConnell was honoured for his Special Contribution to Scottish Film at the BAFTA Scotland
BAFTA Scotland
BAFTA in Scotland is the Scottish branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Formed in 1997, the branch holds an annual awards ceremony, the British Academy Scotland Awards , to recognise achievement by performers and production staff in Scottish film, television and video games...
awards ceremony.
As Director
- The Glasgow School of Art (1957)
- Glasgow Taxi Drivers Outing (1960)
- A Kind of Seeing (1967)
- Topliner: The Manufacture of Industrial Refractories (1968)
- A Line for All Seasons (1970)
- Benno Schotz: Sculptor and Modeller (1973)
- The Pine Tree (1974)
- Second Glance Hands (1983)
- Shell Shock (1991)
As Cameraman
- Prosperous Path (1959)
- Pleasure Island (1960) (assistant cameraman)
- Loch Lomond (1967)
- Look to the Sea (1970)
- Sea City - Greenock (1974)
- In Great Waters (1974)
- The Boat (1975)
- Consequences (1976) (lighting cameraman)
- A Stone in the Heather (1976)
- Giving Voice: A Writer in the Classroom (1976)
- Communication (1977)
- I am (1978)
- Love, Love, Love (1978)
- The Cromarty Bridge (1979)
- The Spirit of Scotland (1979)
- They're Always Picking on Us (1980)
- Male and Female (1980)