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Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish director and screenwriter

Gillies MacKinnon

Scottish screenwriter and film director (born 1948)

Gillies MacKinnon is a Scottish film director, writer and painter. He was born in Glasgow and attended the Glasgow School of Art where he studied mural painting. Following this he became an art teacher and cartoonist, and about this time he traveled with a nomadic tribe in the…
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January 8

Day of the year

January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year.
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