Scottish producer and executive Paddy Higson, who worked with Bill Forsyth to lead the film production charity GMAC, died of cancer at the age of 83.
Higson passed away on Sunday, April 13th. “She passed away gently surrounded by family and a lot of love,” reads Facebook posts by her children, Michael, Chris and Francis.
Higson was the production supervisor of Forsyth’s 1980 Scottish Classic. Gregory’s girl Associate Producer and Production Manager in 1979 That sinking feeling.
She also made a film that included Charles Gormley’s 1982 romance. Living together;Carry Parker’s 1985 Girl in the photo starring Gregory’s girl He leads John Gordon Sinclair and Irina Brook.
Higson began his career as a production secretary at the BBC in the 1970s. Alongside her work with Forsyth, she worked with Scottish talents, including Peter Mulan, on his traits. Orphan 1998 and Magdalene’s sister In 2002, he was an executive producer and a line producer, respectively.
He co-directed Higson too. Billy Connolly: Big banana feetA 1977 television documentary following a comedian on a tour of Ireland.
Further television credits included the creation of episodes for the series Taggat, Glenn’s lord and Cardiac arrest.
Higson was awarded the Scottish BAFTA in 2018 for his outstanding contribution to the Scottish film industry. Award-winning actor David Heyman described her as “the mother of the Scottish film industry.”
Higson joined the board of Scottish film charity GMAC in 2014 and became the organization’s CEO in 2019 before resigning in 2022.
“Not only did the three of us lose an incredibly extraordinary mother, we also lost a pioneer as a wider community, kind, generous, supportive and selfless,” Higson’s children wrote in a Facebook post.
“We are heartbroken, but it’s safe to know that she’s no longer struggling.”
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