Peter Mullan

Born: 1959, Glasgow

  • Trainspotting (1995) (2)

  • My Name Is Joe (1998) (1)

  • The Claim (2000) (1)

  • Young Adam (2002) (17)

  • The Magdalene Sisters (2002) (2)

Highlighted works

The Magdalene Sisters

Peter Mullan’s vein-bulgingly angry second feature dramatises the real-life reign of terror that, until shockingly recently, afflicted countless girls and young women in Ireland.

My Name Is Joe

Peter Mullan won the best actor award at Cannes for his portrayal of a recovering alcoholic in Ken Loach’s uncompromising drama.

Trainspotting

This knockabout heroin-addict ensemble piece put Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor on the map and proved a shot in the arm for 1990s British cinema.

Children of Men

Set in a 2020s Britain without children, Alfonso Cuaron’s brilliantly shot thriller depicts an all-too-believable dystopia, where everyman Clive Owen must – literally – save the future of humanity.

Riff-Raff

Robert Carlyle and Ricky Tomlinson star in Ken Loach’s tragicomedy set on a London building site.

Braveheart

Mel Gibson’s muscular, multi Oscar-winning epic sees 13th-century Scots rebel William Wallace lead a war of independence from English colonial rule.

Filmography

1987
1988
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
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