Iain Scollay

Iain has produced and directed some of the most critically acclaimed factual output from Scotland. He has won more than twenty awards including a UK BAFTA and twelve Scottish BAFTAs.  He now leads our company development. 

Iain's Executive Producer credits include ground-breaking documentary series Murder Trial and Murder Case (BBC); The Hunt for Shannon Matthews (Amazon); The Orkney Assassin (Amazon);  Michael Palin: Travels of A Lifetime (BBC); the multi-award winning series The Hunt For Bible John (BBC); plus the breakthrough award winning BBC Three single, Liar - The Fake Grooming Scandal.

Before joining Firecrest in 2017, Iain was the Creative Director of Mentorn Scotland and the Head of Documentaries for Mentorn Media. His exec credits at Mentorn include Saddam Goes to Hollywood (C4), Jihadi’s Next Door (C4) and Traffic Cops (BBC1).

As a freelance documentary Producer / Director he made films for prestigious documentary strands Cutting Edge and One Life. He directed, Afghanistan: The Great Game (BBC2) and The Legacy of Lawrence of Arabia with Rory Stewart (BBC2). He won a UK BAFTA as producer / director on the seminal Channel 4 series Faking It.