Ian Waugh is a writer, director and artist.

An alumnus of BFI Network@LFF, Berlinale Talents and EIFF Talent Lab Connects, his films have played at international festivals such as Drama, Stockholm, Kyiv, Busan and BFI London. Moving between realism and the uncanny, his work often explores outsiders, exiles and the struggle to find connection, with haunted characters echoed in unforgiving landscapes.

His short film As He Lay Falling was backed by Creative Scotland and premiered in competition at Edinburgh. It screened at 30 international festivals, winning the Directors’ Jury Award at Soria and Special Mentions at Reykjavík and ISFF Cyprus. He is adapting As He Lay Falling into a feature with support from Screen Scotland and the BFI Network, alongside a slate of projects in advanced development.

Waugh works with photography to explore emotional landscapes and the psychological experience of place. He has exhibited at home and abroad, received numerous artist bursaries, and made work in residencies in Iceland, Finland, Germany and Scotland. His ongoing series The Cleared Country is supported by Creative Scotland and is being developed into a book.