Directing

Don Coutts

Known for

Directing

Credits

13 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

American Cousins poster
5.3

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

2003

Siouxsie and the Banshees: Nocturne poster
8.8

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

1983

Rigs of Nigg poster
8.0

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

2021

Rigs of Nigg poster
8.0

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

2021

Saint Antony's Day Off poster
NR

A group of Scots Italians try to find somewhere to watch the 1994 World Cup Final.

Saint Antony's Day Off

1997

No artwork available
NR

A young man struggling to cope with the death of his daughter has a strange encounter with a priest.

Dead Sea Reels

1996

Days Like These poster
10.0

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

1986

Christy Moore Live: Come All You Dreamers poster
NR

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

2011

No artwork available
NR

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

1988

Weird Thoughts poster
NR

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

Weird Thoughts

1994

No artwork available
NR

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

1998

The Proclaimers: Live at Stirling Castle poster
7.0

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

2013

Heading West: A Story About a Band Called Shooglenifty poster
NR

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

2022