Robin Mitchell on BBC Film Network

Robin Mitchell is a Director of Cadies Productions Ltd, and a partner in Edinburgh's Witchery Walking Tours – a business he created in 1984.

He has written one novel – GRAVE ROBBERS (1999) - and the top selling Scottish guidebook WHAT’S UNDER THE KILT? (2000).

As a writer/producer, Robin has produced four fifty-minute Scottish documentary films – ADAM LYAL’S ROYAL MILE (1994), GEORGIAN EDINBURGH (1995), ST. ANDREWS (1996) and GHOSTS OF SCOTLAND (1997).

AND SO GOODBYE (2004), the documentary Robin produced for STV/Scottish Screen, won the Saltire Society Grierson Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for Director Jim Hickey.

In 2005 Robin was producer with Jim Hickey on the 10-minute documentary (dir: Andrew Henderson) THE REST IS SILENCE (BAFTA nominated for best first-time Director, short-listed for Grierson 2006 in the best newcomer documentary Category, and winner of best first time Director at the 2006 Celtic Film & TV Festival).

Also, Robin produced (with Laura Binnie) the 25-minute drama - DREAMS ARE NOT ENOUGH (2005) and the mockumentary STRAIGHT LINES (2005).

Robin spent 2006 shooting & editing the feature film -FINDING BOB MCARTHUR (Dir. Jim Hickey). The film is presently on the film festival circuit.

Robin & Jim returned to produce the 10-minute documentary BREADMAKERS (2007) for director Yasmin Fedda. The film, about a unique community with learning disabilities in Edinburgh, won the Baillie Gifford Short Scottish Documentary award at the 2007 Edinburgh International Film Festival and has been nominated by BAFTA Scotland in the best short film category.

Robin's directorial debut was the 35-minute documentary THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT - FOLLOWING THE GHOST ROAD (2007) and he recently took the part of Geoffrey in the horror feature - THE DUNGEON MOOR KILLINGS (2008)

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