David Mackenzie

Born 1966 · British film director

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.

David Mackenzie, in order

1. 2002 The Last Great Wilderness: directed
2. 2003 Young Adam: directed, wrote
3. 2005 Asylum: directed
4. 2007 Hallam Foe: directed, wrote
5. 2009 Spread: directed
6. 2011 Perfect Sense: directed
7. 2011 You Instead: directed
8. 2013 Starred Up: directed · critics 99%, audiences 84% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
9. 2016 Hell or High Water: directed · critics 97%, audiences 89% · streaming on HBO Max
10. 2018 Outlaw King: directed, wrote, produced
11. 2024 Relay: directed, wrote, produced
12. 2025 Fuze: directed