David Mackenzie born 10 May 1966 is a Scottish film director and cofounder of the Glasgowbased production company Sigma Films He has made ten feature films including Young Adam 2003 Hallam Foe 2007 Perfect Sense 2011 and Starred Up 2013 In 2016 Mackenzies film Hell or High Water premiered at Cannes and was theatrically released in the United States in August In October 2016 Mackenzie boarded Damnation a TV pilot for Universal USA Network Mackenzie also directed Outlaw King 2018 a historical film for Netflix Mackenzie and his films have been described as not fitting neatly into any particular genre or type