Kirkcaldy Man

Synopsis

Who is Jocky Wilson? 20 years ago every child in Kirkcaldy, a blue collar town at the Scottish coast, could answer this question. He was one of the best darts players ever, world champion in 1982 and 1989 – a hero. In search of the myth Jocky Wilson, the film follows the forces that shape his hometown and its inhabitants. In the former industrial hotspot, former labourers are now unemployed, or had to swap the helmet for the headset in a call center.

Director Biography

Julian works mainly as a cinematographer for fiction and documentary alike which earned him a BAFTA talent award for his cinematography on the short DISCO in 2011. Fascinated by the documentary genre he enrolled in a postgraduate degree in documentary directing at the Edinburgh College of Art.