
Writing
David McGillivray has contributed to radio, TV, films and theatre, began as a film journalist and bit player. His stints as a contributor to the magazine "Films and Filming" and assistant editor of the British Film Institute's "Monthly Film Bulletin" resulted first in him writing screenplays for director Pete Walker and later writing the book "Doing Rude Things". The films were not commercially successful and McGillivray's scripts attracted mostly hostile reviews. He moved to theatre, co-writing lowbrow farces for his own company. During this period he met Julian Clary, who was starting out as a stand-up comic. McGillivray has continued to this day to write for Clary.

Carry On Girls
1973

Loops
2022

House of Whipcord
1974

Scala!!!
2024

Satan's Slave
1976

Terror
1979

Abracadaver!
2008

The Perfect Scary Movie
2005

Tales of the Uncanny
2020

I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
1976

The Estrogen Gospel
2024

Melting in the Streets the Legacy of Street Trash
2026

Children of the Wicker Man
2024

Worst Fears
2016

Frightmare
1974

VHS Forever? | Psychotronic People
2014

From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
2012

The Wicker Man at 50
2023

Doing Rude Things
1995

The Emmanuelle Effect
2020

Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant
2023

Sex and Fame: The Mary Millington Story
1996

The Highgate Vampyre

Contact
2002

Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: Norman J. Warren and the Ghost
2013