Hannah McGill

Hannah McGill is a critic and writer whose outlets include The Scotsman, The Observer, Sight and Sound and The Review Show. She was Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival from 2006 to 2010. She is also a published writer of short fiction and drama, and has lectured in Film Journalism at the University of Glasgow. In 2008 she was named in Variety Magazine’s Women’s Impact Report as one of 50 female ‘movers and shakers’ in worldwide arts and entertainment and in 2009 was awarded the Women in Film and TV UK’s New Talent Award. She has served on juries for the Seville, Sarajevo, Adelaide, Morelia and CPH:DOX film festivals.