Garry Anthony Fraser

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Garry Anthony Fraser is a Scottish BAFTA-award winning film director and producer. [1] [2] He made his directorial debut with an autobiographical film titled Everybody's Child, which explored his struggles with poverty and drug addiction. [3] Following this success, Fraser worked as a director for the second unit during the production of T2 Trainspotting [4] and both created and directed the TV drama The Grey Area. [5]

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References

  1. Daniel Dylan Wray (19 February 2015). "This Guy from Edinburgh's Estates Made a 'Real-Life Trainspotting' About His Youth". Vice. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. Bronwyn Torrie (20 February 2015). "Gritty film about Edinburgh's 'scheme' kids unveiled". STV. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. "British Council Film: Everybody's Child". British Council - Films Directory. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  4. Wray, Daniel Dylan (2017-01-19). "The former heroin addict helping to direct Trainspotting 2". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  5. Mumford, Gwilym (2019-02-23). "BBC Scotland to screen The Grey Area, 'Scotland's version of The Wire'". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-09-25.