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Ian Sellar(I)

  • Writer
  • Script and Continuity Department
  • Director
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Scot Bill Douglas (1934-91) was a collector of cinema memorabilia and pre-cinema optical devices as well as being an award-winning filmmaker (Bill Douglas Trilogy). He put these devices into his last film, Comrades (1987), the story of Tolpuddle Martyrs.
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Ian Sellar was born in August 1949 in Troon, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK. He is a writer and director, known for Venus Peter (1989), The Englishman (2007) and Prague (1992).
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Gordon R. Strachan in Venus Peter (1989)
    Venus Peter
    5.8
    • Writer
    • 1989
    The Englishman (2007)
    The Englishman
    7.6
    • Writer
    • 2007
    Alan Cumming and Sandrine Bonnaire in Prague (1992)
    Prague
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 1992
    Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, and Barry Keoghan in Crime 101 (2026)
    Crime 101
    6.8
    • Script and Continuity Department
    • 2026

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Dead Air
      7.9
      Short
      • writer
      • 2014
    • The Englishman (2007)
      The Englishman
      7.6
      • Writer
      • 2007
    • Home Road Movies (2002)
      Home Road Movies
      7.1
      Short
      • screenplay
      • 2002
    • Kansas in August
      • writer
      • 1999
    • Alan Cumming and Sandrine Bonnaire in Prague (1992)
      Prague
      6.2
      • written by
      • 1992
    • Gordon R. Strachan in Venus Peter (1989)
      Venus Peter
      5.8
      • written by
      • 1989
    • Maikäfer flieg...
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1982

    Script and Continuity Department

    • Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, and Barry Keoghan in Crime 101 (2026)
      Crime 101
      6.8
      • script consultant
      • 2026
    • Liam Jeans in Mascotte (2023)
      Mascotte
      6.2
      • script consultant
      • 2023
    • Rose Williams in The Power (2021)
      The Power
      5.5
      • script editor
      • 2021
    • Digger (2020)
      Digger
      7.3
      • script consultant
      • 2020
    • Frankie Box in Perfect 10 (2019)
      Perfect 10
      6.2
      • script editor
      • 2019
    • American Animals (2018)
      American Animals
      7.0
      • script consultant
      • 2018
    • Stephen Archibald in My Childhood (1972)
      My Childhood
      7.3
      • continuity
      • 1972

    Director

    • The Englishman (2007)
      The Englishman
      7.6
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Myra Hindley in Witness (1990)
      Witness
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1994
    • Alan Cumming and Sandrine Bonnaire in Prague (1992)
      Prague
      6.2
      • Director
      • 1992
    • Gordon R. Strachan in Venus Peter (1989)
      Venus Peter
      5.8
      • Director
      • 1989
    • Maikäfer flieg...
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1982

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    Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas & the Secret History of Cinema
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    Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas & the Secret History of Cinema

    Personal details

    • Born
      • August 1949
      • Troon, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

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