Plum Films - About Us

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Plum Films is an established, award winning Film & Commercial Production Company, founded in 2003 by Micky MacPherson and Tina Foster

MacPherson and Foster both had considerable experience producing commercials for a range of major players throughout the UK, prior to establishing Plum.

Plum’s current roster of directors covers all commercial disciplines from comedy and drama, to animation and striking visuals.

Working for some of the most creative agencies, Plum has a reputation for high-production values and the ability to make the most of any given script and budget.
Repeat business with many clients is an indication of their all-round qualities and commitment.

In what was a natural progression, 2004 saw Plum venture into film making with Director Simon Hynd, and saw immediate success, winning a BAFTA Scotland for their first short film, Tumshie McFadgen’s Bid for Ultimate Bliss.

2005 saw Plum win the Saltire Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2005 for their documentary, Arts the Catalyst : The Craigmillar Story.

A further collaboration in 2005 with Hynd produced Meat the Campbells for CBBC Tartan Smalls. This unique short film was shot entirely against green screen, with all backgrounds created digitally in post production - a first for the Scottish film industry.

Early in 2006, Plum teamed up with Matador Pictures, Shoreline and Circle of Confusion to produce their first feature. Senseless is the powerful and disturbing story of an American businessman, kidnapped and tortured live on the internet. This dark chiller, written and directed by Simon Hynd and based on the book by Stona Fitch, premiered at the Sitges Film Festival, in October 2007.

2008 sees the master of horror, Clive Barker bringing his tales of terror to the big screen again. Plum Films, Matador Pictures and Midnight Picture Show have teamed up to adapt what is planned to be the 1st in a series of films based on the horror author’s collection, Books of Blood.
The film revolves around a paranormal expert who, while investigating a gruesome slaying finds a house that is at the intersection of ‘highways’ transporting souls in the afterlife. Directed by John Harrison, with Sophie Ward and Jonas Armstrong starring, Book of Blood is due for release in the Autumn.