# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-mackenzie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:27:27.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-mackenzie"
name: "David Mackenzie"
slug: "david-mackenzie"
description: "David Hugh Mackenzie is a Scottish film director and co-founder of the Glasgow-based production company Sigma Films. He has made ten feature films including Young Adam (2003), Hallam Foe (2007), Perfect Sense (2011) and Starred Up (2013). In 2016, Mackenzie's film Hell or High Water premiered at Cannes and was theatrically released in the United States in August. The same year he executive produced Damnation, a TV pilot for Universal Content Productions and USA Network. Mackenzie also directed Outlaw King (2018), a historical film for Netflix. Mackenzie and his films have been described as not fitting neatly into any particular genre or type."
tagline: "British film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_McKenzie_(29565430395).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
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birthDate: "1966-05-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.91977333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump