David Taylor has been providing location management and production services for film and TV throughout Scotland for over 20 years. His extensive knowledge of Scottish locations extends from the Scottish Borders to the Shetland Islands, from the city centres of Glasgow or Edinburgh to the charms of Islay, Harris, Skye and Orkney. If your shoot is looking for rugged beauty, stark cityscapes, or the dramatic Highlands of Scotland, David Taylor has the experience to get your production rolling.
Our work encompasses all genres as Location Manager, Location Scout and Fixer and as a supplier of Production Services to the Film and TV industry in Scotland. We have found and managed locations for numerous productions from all across the globe.
Covid-19 Update
During these difficult times we have kept ourselves abreast of new regulations relating to our industry and the impact they have on all of our productions. Needless to say we ensure that we adhere to all safety guidelines wherever we work. This keeps both you, your production and us safe at all times. To continue these safe practices David Taylor has completed courses on Managing COVID-19 Risks on Production, COVID-19 Supervisor, COVID-19 Set and Location Cleaning, Coronavirus Basic Awareness on Production Training and Safe Management of Productions.
Here are some of the productions we have worked with.
Recent Projects:
October 2022 Location Manager, LS Productions – Katie Gregson-MacLeod, Complex
August 2022 Local Producer, Bentley Motors – Content Shoot
August 2022 Location Manager, LS Productions – Bank of Scotland Advert
July 2022 Local Producer, Diageo USA – “My Tales of Whisky” with Nick Offerman
June 2022 Location Manager, LS Productions – McDonald’s Advert
April/May 2022 Location Manager, LS Productions – Barbour Shoot
April/May 2022 Location Manager, Whisper TV – Peloton Class Content
February 2022 Location Manager, LS Productions – Dewars Whisky Commercial
March 2022 Location Manager, Salt Films – Sage Software Commercial
February 2022 Local Producer, Plastic Pictures – BP Corporate
February 2022 Local Producer, Bentley Motors – Content Shoot
January 2022 Location Manager, LS Productions – “Peacock” Feature
January 2022 Location Manager, LS Productions – Utility Warehouse Commercial
November 2021 Fixer, Sea Change Films – COP26 – Multi Crew Documentary
November 2021 Location Manager, Tanami Media – Scottish Government Commercial
October 2021 Location Manager, LS Productions – Zurich Insurance Commercial
September 2021 Local Producer, Recipe Advertising – Highland Spring Commercial
August 2021 Location Manager, LS Productions – River Island Catalogue
July 2021 Location Manager, LS Productions – Canada Goose Commercial
July 2021 Location Scout, ITV Shetland – “Shetland” Series 7
June 2021 Location Manager, LS Productions – Bank of Scotland Commercial
June 2021 Location Manager, Tanami Media – Grouse Whisky Commercial
May 2021 Location Scout, ITV Shetland – “Shetland” Series 6
May 2021 Location Manager, LS Productions – Vodafone Commercial
April 2021 Location Manager, LS Productions – Barbour Commercial
April 2021 Location Manager, LS Productions – Fedex Commercial
March 2021 Location Manager, Comedy Unit – “The Chief Does Democracy”
December 2020 – February 2021 Location Manager, PB6 Productions – “Peaky Blinders” Period Drama
Photography by Matt Squire
October – November 2020 Location Manager, BBC Comedy – “Two Doors Down” Xmas special
October 2020 COVID-19 Supervisor, CBBC – “Ricky Wilson’s Art Jam”
July – August 2020 Local Producer (Fixer), Amazon – “The Grand Tour”
March 2020 Assistant Location Manager, ITV Studios – “Vigil” (HETV)
February 2020 Location Manager, Wild Rover – “The Amazing Race” US Reality show
December 2019 Location Manager, LS Productions – Bank of Scotland Commercial
November 2019 Location Manager, Dark Energy Productions – BT Sport Commercial
October 2019 Location Manager, LS Productions – Haig Club promotional video
June – September 2019 Local Producer, Diageo USA – Lagavulin Commercial
July – August 2019 Local Producer, Blåkläder
July 2019 Location Manager, Making Pictures – Visit Britain Poster Campaign
July 2019 2nd Unit Location Manager, Nice Shirt Productions – Eliquis Commercial
May 2019 Location Manager, The Comedy Unit– The State of It
January – April 2019 Location Manager, BBC – Call the Midwife Christmas Special
September – October 2018 Local Producer, Parking Lot Productions – Adam Smith Drama Documentary
August – September 2018 Location Manager, Tantrum Productions – Baxters Soup Advert
July – August 2018 Location Manager, Smuggler – The National Lottery Commercial
July 2018 Location Manager, STV Creative – “Hopster” Commercial
May 2018 Location Scout, Salt Films – Pringle of Scotland stills shoot
April 2018 Fixer, Chump Productions – “The Grand Tour”
March 2018 Local Producer, Mighty Hand (US) – “The Bruce” (Feature)
March 2018 Local Producer, Verdes (US) – Oban Whisky commercial
January – March 2018 Local Producer, Netflix (US) – “Death By Magic”
January 2018 Production Manager, Shed Media (US) – “Who Do You Think You Are?”
November / December 2017 Production Manager, Shed Media (US) – “Who Do You Think You Are?”
October 2017 Location Scout, Salt Films – Old Speckled Hen Commercial
October 2017 Location Scout, North 6 – H & M Commercial
September 2017 Location Manager, Canagan – Dog food commercial
September 2017 Production Manager, Visit Britain stills campaign
August 2017 Location Manager, Greenroom Films – Boohoo Commercial
July 2017 Production Services, Friend – Glenmorangie Commercial
June 2017 Production Manager, Vice (Holland) – Johnnie Walker Commercial
May 2017 Fixer, Fish Film (Spain) – Schweppes commercial
April 2017 Fixer, Foxtrot Papa – Jaguar XF Sportbrake commercial
March 2017 Location Scout, LS Productions – Harry Styles Music Video
January / February 2017 Acting Location Manager, BBC Drama – “Trust Me”
November / December 2016 Location Manager, BBC Scotland – “River City”
October/November 2016 Location Scout, BBC Grafton House – “Clique”
October 2016 Fixer – LG 42 GmbH – Commercial for Mini / BMW
September/October 2016 Production Manager – Diageo USA “My Tales of Whisky”
with Nick Offerman
July 2016 Location Manager – The Gate “Citroën C3” – TV Commercial
May/June/July/August/September 2016 Location Manager – “Eve” CBBC Drama
April 2016 Fixer – Happy Finish / Glenfiddich – 360° Drone footage
March 2016 Fixer – Diageo Singapore – Whisky Blending Documentary
January – March 2016 Local Producer – Stendahls Reklambyrå AB – Volvo Cars Stills Campaign
Photography by Patrik Johäll – view gallery from shoot on Isle of Skye
January 2016 Fixer – UFA Fiction GmbH TV Movie – Drone Second Unit Shots
December 2015 Location Manager – “Amaysim” TV Commercial
May – November 2015 Location Manager – “Whisky Galore” Feature film IMDB
April – May 2015 Production Services – Karga Seven Pictures – “Booze Traveller”
April – May 2015 Location Manager – The Comedy Unit – “Burniston Big Night Out”
January – June 2015 Local Producer – “Smaragdgrün” Independent German Feature film IMDB
September – December 2014 Location Manager – Feature – “Scottish Mussel”
April – September 2014 Location Manager – “Waterloo Road” School drama series for the BBC
September 2014 Assistant Location Manager – Haig Club Commercial
August 2014 Location Manager – Channel Four “Scotland in a Day”
March – April 2014 Location Manager – Station idents for Scottish Television
February 2014 Location Scout – “For the Dogs” Feature
February 2014 Location Manager – Academy Films – Plate shots for Coldplay video
January/February 2014 Location Manager – Scottish Police Federation video “#itswhatwedo”
December 2013 Acting Location Manager, Shed Media – “Waterloo Road”
October 2013 Location Manager and Fixer – Caro Emerald “I Belong To You”
September/October 2013 Location Manager – BBC Comedy pilot “How Do I Get Up There?”
October 2013 Location Manager – Pop Video – Susan Boyle and Elvis Presley Christmas charity single for Save the Children “Oh Come all thee Faithful”
August – November 2013 Daily Location Scout – “Waterloo Road” BBC
July / August 2013 Location Manager (Scotland) – Bollywood action feature “Kick”
Image courtesy of Wattie Cheung
June 2013 Location Manager/Fixer – Glenmorangie “Skier” advert
May 2013 Location Manager – Glasgow 2018 Youth Olympic bid video
March – May 2013 Location Scout – Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank Commercial
February / March 2013 Assist Location Manager – McDonalds Commercial
February / March 2013 Location Manager – Mobile phone Commercial for the Japanese Market
February 2013 Location Scout – Hospitality venues for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth games
September – December 2012 Location Manager/Fixer – for the Scottish episode of American Travel reality programme “The Amazing Race”
August – October 2012 Location Manager – Christmas Commercial for retailer T K Maxx
June – August 2012 Location Manager – Limmy’s Show series 3
May 2012 Location Scout – Sainsbury’s Supermarket Commercial
April/May 2012 Production Fixer – The Travel Channel USA – “Trip Flip” Travelogue/Reality TV
March/April 2012 Location Manager – Scottish Television STV – Local Station ident / Commercial
February 2012 Location Scout – Red Stripe Commercial
July – December 2011 Assistant Location Manager – “Under the Skin” feature starring Scarlett Johansson
July 2011 Location Scout – “World War Z”
June 2011 Location Manager – “Outsider” – Bank Of Scotland Commercial
Full CV available here David Taylor CV