Alasdair is an experienced short film writer, director and editor. Over the past 4 years he has made a number of independent and funded short dramas and documentaries. In 2012 his short drama ‘Bird’ screened at Encounters International Film Festival and was nominated for Best UK Short at the Raindance Film Festival. In the same year his Creative Scotland commissioned Bridging the Gap documentary ‘In Search of the Wallaby’ screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2011 and 2012 both ‘Bird’ and prior short film ‘Strange Places’ were nominated for Scottish BAFTA New Talent Awards.

In 2014 Alasdair spent 3 months in the small village of Skagaströnd, Northern Iceland as part of NES Artist Residency, creating ‘Brother’ short documentary about the small teenage population who live there – shot during the notoriously harsh Icelanic winter, it proved to be a unique filmmaking experience. 'Brother' was commissioned by Creative Scotland.

In 2015 he attended the Edinburgh International Film Festival Talent Lab to pitch and develop a slate of shot and feature film ideas. In July 2015 he travelled to Cyprus to co-direct a short drama ‘Haftasonu’ with Cypriot filmmaker Talat Gokdemir.

In 2015 he took 'Public' to the Inscript Screenwriting Workshop in Lithuania - for which he won the award for the 'Most Promising Screenwriter'. Since November last year he has been developing 'Public' on the Scottish Film New Talent Network's 'New Talent Shorts' scheme and aims to make it in 2016.

In his day job Alasdair works as a documentary editor for Raw Television