Robin MacPherson
Robin MacPherson is a filmmaker and was Chair in Creative Industries at the University of the Highlands and Islands before retiring. Previously he was Professor of Screen Media at Edinburgh Napier University, director of Screen Academy Scotland and of the Institute for Creative Industries at Edinburgh Napier.
Educated at Garthamlock Secondary School, Glasgow, and at the University of Stirling he entered the film and television industry in 1989 as a producer at Edinburgh Film Workshop Trust where he made documentary, current affairs and drama including the BAFTA-nominated half-hour drama, In 1997, he established Asylum Pictures, an independent production company whose films include the Scottish-BAFTA nominated documentary, , and the award-winning
After two years as Development Executive at Scottish Screen in 2002 he joined Edinburgh Napier University where, in 2005, he became the first of Screen Academy Scotland. From 2008 to 2015 he led , an EU MEDIA-funded collaboration
In 2010 he was appointed by the Scottish Government to the Board of Creative Scotland. on which he served until July 2015. In 2011 he was appointed as Director of at Edinburgh Napier University. From 2011 to 2015 he was a member of the Board of Creative Edinburgh.
