Richard Jobson

1960 -

Film director, writer and musician. Born in Dunfermline, the son of a miner, Jobson was raised in Ballingry. He first saw success as vocalist with the punk band The Skids aged only 17. Led by Stuart Adamson (1958 - 2001), the band produced four albums and a series of hits, the most successful of which was Into The Valley (1978), before splitting in 1982. After a brief period with the band The Armoury Show, Jobson became a model, actor, author and then television presenter. More recently Jobson has become a film writer, producer and director, his most notable work being the critically-acclaimed 16 Years of Alcohol (2003), based on his own book, The Purifiers (2004) and A Woman in Winter (2005).

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