Don Coutts
Directing
Known For

Long-running Channel 4 documentary series covering issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment. Known for featuring a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.
Dispatches

Based on the much-loved series of books by Mairi Hedderwick, Katie Morag is a small red-headed girl who lives with her family on the remote and beautiful fictional Scottish island of Struay. Although she lives in a fairly unique setting, her adventures are full of experiences and feelings that all children can recognize and identify with. Her stories are full of jealousy, bravery and rivalry – surrounded by an annoying little brother, busy shopkeeper parents, a perfectly perfect best friend and a couple of grandmothers who between them know everything about everything. The stories celebrate the intrinsic sense of community, the preciousness of the environment and the universal tensions and joys of family life. Katie Morag is a feisty character who has been known to get herself into scrapes but who generally emerges from them (usually with some assistance from one or other of her Grandmothers) in a funny and endearing way.
Katie Morag

Two American mafiosi, Gino and Settimo, take refuge in the Glasgow cafe owned by their Scottish/Italian cousin, but he isn't the tough guy they'd expected. Gino and Settimo try to repay Roberto's hospitality by chasing off a debt collector who wants his property, but their strong arm tactics alarm him and he realises they aren't the PR consultants they claimed to be.
American Cousins

Documentary containing interviews and concert footage of the various musicians and bands within the Red Wedge organization on a tour within the UK.
Days Like These
A woman is terrorized by a mysterious phone call claiming to be her from the past. Part of the Two Lives series of films produced by RTE
Rose

It is the early 70s, and oil has been discovered in the North Sea. The UK needs rigs and needs them fast. Their search for a location to build the platforms settles on the sleepy Highland bay of Nigg on the Cromarty Firth, and a way of life is changed for ever.
Rigs of Nigg

This was the first concert film to capture the excitement of Siouxsie and the Banshees live. Director Don Coutts filmed two sell-out concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and then worked with The Banshees to select the best tracks for this film.
Siouxsie and the Banshees: Nocturne
A young man struggling to cope with the death of his daughter has a strange encounter with a priest.
Dead Sea Reels
A panel of literary scholars and professors that made a tribute to Welsh writer/critic Raymond Williams (1921-1988), a few days after his passing. The works of Williams, along with his activism on behalf of socialism in UK, are briefly debated.
Raymond Williams: A Tribute

Born in Edinburgh in 1990, Shooglenifty created their unique sound by fusing traditional melodies with the beats and basslines of world music influences. This musical journey follows the original members of the band and their rise in international popularity. Following the untimely passing of their fiddle player and front man, Angus R. Grant, the band persevere with the same passion and creativity. An uplifting gem for fans old and new.
Heading West: A Story About a Band Called Shooglenifty
A group of Scots Italians try to find somewhere to watch the 1994 World Cup Final.
Saint Antony's Day Off

A set of the Proclaimers' best-loved tracks, recorded live at Hogmanay 2012 on the esplanade of historical Stirling Castle, in front of an audience of new year revellers.
The Proclaimers: Live at Stirling Castle

One of Ireland's favourite sons and greatest live performers, folk singer and balladeer Christy Moore filmed live at Barrowland in Glasgow in 2008 with his veteran accompanist Declan Sinnott. Moore is in intimate communion with an attentive audience, playing a classic setlist that includes Missing You, Black Is The Colour, Pair of Brown Eyes, Ride On.
Christy Moore Live: Come All You Dreamers

A discussion that explores the nature of superstition and exposes our fascination with the unexplainable.