Robbie Moffat

Birth Name: Robert Moffat

Born in Glasgow, educated Sir John Maxwell Primary and Shawlands Academy. Degree in English Language and Literature from Newcastle University. Poet, novelist, playwright, screenwriter - director of th ...Show More

Apart from the occasional poem in response to events, I ceased to write poetry in any meaningful man Show more Apart from the occasional poem in response to events, I ceased to write poetry in any meaningful manner in the mid 1990s. I guess I ran out of anger and I now leave it to more able poets to remind the world of where it is going wrong. Hide

If your career is a failure, then make sure you are a success as a person. Some celebrities get it t Show more If your career is a failure, then make sure you are a success as a person. Some celebrities get it the wrong way round. Hide

The problem with the Scottish film industry is it's run by a bunch of egghead types up at the Film C Show more The problem with the Scottish film industry is it's run by a bunch of egghead types up at the Film Commission, your Allan Shiach and so forth who are always telling you what your films gotta have. It's gotta have a certain number of local actors, it's gotta have cultural content, it's gotta have a decent script and so on. Well I've got by pretty nicely without any of these things for 20 years and look where it's got me. Hide

Why I spent the best part of my twenties and early thirties writing novels that no-one seemed to wan Show more Why I spent the best part of my twenties and early thirties writing novels that no-one seemed to want is still a mystery to me. Hide

To date I have ten unpublished novels sitting in one of my filing cabinets. To date I have ten unpublished novels sitting in one of my filing cabinets.

Anybody can make an arty, intellectual Red Road Ratcatcher flick that no bastard wants to see. I can Show more Anybody can make an arty, intellectual Red Road Ratcatcher flick that no bastard wants to see. I can do it. You give me a week with a camera, a couple of topless chicks and an open-topped sports car and a shitload of cash and I'll give you Out of Africa. Hide

Anyone can make a story. I could make a story about you reading this and you could make up a story a Show more Anyone can make a story. I could make a story about you reading this and you could make up a story about how you have read this and that you could do much better than me. Hide

Robbie Moffat's FILMOGRAPHY

as Creator (1)

Walking With Elephants - Season 1