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Murray Grigor

Murray Grigor

William Alexander Murray Grigor OBE (born 1939) is a Scottish film maker, writer, artist and exhibition curator who has served as director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. He has made over 50 films with a focus on arts and architecture documentaries.

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Movies Made By Murray Grigor (22)

Ever to Excel (2012)

The history and development of St Andrews University, Scotland, on the occasion of its 600th anniversary, and the story of how its graduates have shaped the modern world. ...

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Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner (2008)

Infinite Space, a documentary feature film, traces the lifelong quest of visionary genius John Lautner to create "architecture that has no beginning and no end." It is the story of brilliance and of a complicated life – and the most sensual architecture ...

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Sir John Soane: An English Architect, An American Legacy (2005)

All great art engages in a dialogue with the past. Architecture is no exception, as this film shows in its examination of the legacy of Sir John Soane (1753-1837), an English architect of rare genius whose influence on a generation of America's foremost ar ...

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I Am The Tongue (2003)

Is Mise an Teanga is about Gaelic, its contemporary poets and their encounters with 100 visual artists in The Great Book of Gaelic - a Book of Kells for our time. ...

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In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel (1995)

Charles Gwathmey has held steadfast to the spirit of modernism in his architecture from the day he successfully built his parents' home in 1967 based on the theories of Le Corbusier and American individualism. Avoiding the nostalgia of fashionable postmode ...

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The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink (1989)

In the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind tours the country screening her last film to peasants. In it, the woman imagines two "alien" lovers walking from end-to-end along the Great Wall to join each other ...

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The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (1983)

Documentary on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture. ...

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Sean Connery’s Edinburgh (1982)

The screen legend conducts a personal tour of the great city that shaped him. ...

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Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet (1977)

Billy Connolly was, in the 1970s, a sort of Scottish Lenny Bruce, who, with devastating humour, sliced through the hypocrisies he perceived. This 1976 documentary follows the singer-comic during his 1975 Irish tour. Made in a cinema verité fashion, the pe ...

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Cumbernauld HIT (1977)

A James-Bond type fiction film about an evil woman's plans to 'hi-jack' the New Town of Cumbernauld. Sponsored by Cumbernauld Development Corporation, this film is an original take on the 'promotional' films produced for Scotland's New Towns during the 19 ...

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Hand of Adam (1975)

A study of the works of the Scottish architect Robert Adam. ...

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BLAST (1975)

Overview of Vorticism, a radical art movement of the early 20th Century. ...

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Clydescope (1974)

A panorama of the Clyde, from Biggar to Brodick, with Billy Connolly as your guide. Directed by Murray Grigor for the Films of Scotland Committee. ...

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Space and Light (1972)

An award-winning wordless documentary that explores the architecture of the then new St. Peter's Seminary which is now seen as one of the most important post-war buildings in the United Kingdom. The film was made in celebration after architect Jack Coia wa ...

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GR Stein Refractories (1972)

The process of making refractory bricks. ...

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Island of the Big Cloth (1971)

The story of Harris Tweed and its Hebridean homeland. ...

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The Borders: Where Scotland and England Meet (1970)

A look at the traditional industries of the areas surrounding the Scotland/England border. ...

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Fettes (1970)

Life at Fettes College, Edinburgh. ...

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Mackintosh (1968)

The life and work of the Scottish architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh. ...

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Movies Starring Murray Grigor (2)

The Sean Connery Paradox (2022)

Having become a world star thanks to James Bond, Sean Connery, who died in 2020, has never stopped trying to shed the image of a sexy and slightly brutal macho that stuck to 007. A look back at an eclectic career, carried out with panache. ...

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Hooray For Holyrood (1986)

Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and featuring interviews with Bill Forsyth, Samuel Fuller and Barry Norman, among many others. ...

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