What is a Muckle Hen?

muckle - (‘mʌk ə l) dialect (Scot) adj great or abundant
hen - (hɛn) noun the female of any bird, esp the adult of the domestic fowl

The Muckle Hens

Shona Donaldson

After a nomadic childhood that took her from the African bush to the swampland jungle of Irian Jaya, Shona came home to Edinburgh. She had many colourful years working as an actress and presenter, before moving into film production. She started working for Cromwell Films; line producing their first two feature films and producing the award winning film ‘Macbeth’ starring Helen Baxendale and Jason Connery.

With three feature films under her belt by the age of 26, she was then scouted by Waterside TV to head up their production. Shona was then selected as one of three producers in Scotland to work on Channel 4’s ‘Holy Grail’ initiative, working with Wark Clements to develop returnable drama series. This experience inspired her to set up Muckle Hen, which she did in 2003. She has produced work all over the world for a host of clients including Lloyds, Glenmorangie, IKEA, Scottish Executive, Silverburn, NHS, Northlink Ferries and RBS, in places as exotic as Las Vegas, Vienna, Helsinki and Dunbar.

When not on a shoot she can be found in the wilds of Scotland fishing for brown trout for breakfast.

Hannah Robinson

Hannah is a writer director who won the American Screenwriters’ Association Grand Prize for her co-written feature FIREWORKS and was commissioned by Scottish Entrepreneur Shaf Rasul (of Dragon’s Den) to write an eco-conspiracy thriller, POINT OF NO RETURN. Her work is usually comic in tone and she continues to work as a screenwriting consultant for the comedian and writer Lenny Henry. She has a raft of prize winning short films under her belt - NIGHT SWIMMER won the Grand Prix at Vendôme Film Festival and IN THE MOOD - featuring Kelly Brook as a tap-dancing German spy – won silver in Mumbai and was a worldwide feel good festival hit. The movie which ignited her passion for film was the chemistry comedy THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT, and she has had a lifelong interest in stories which involve scientific themes.

She has also directed corporates and commercials for clients as diverse as RBS, Glasgow Caledonian University, The London Fire Brigade, Bosch, Plan International, John Menzies and Scottish Enterprise.

Hannah is usually first on the dance floor and yet grows her own allotment veg...

Victoria Watson

Victoria trained as an animator and has worked on a number of short films, and television series with animation companies across Britain, including the BBC, Ink Digital and Calon TV. She joined Muckle Hen as Production Manager in 2007 now works as our Head of Production.

During her time at Muckle Hen she has produced a range of corporate films and commercials. She has produced work for clients across Europe, organising shoots from Helsinki to Lausanne and from Madrid to Sarlouis in Germany. She is a perfectionist with an extraordinary attention to detail. Clients include; Lloyds Banking Group, Agripa, The Royal Highland Show, Silverburn, Edinburgh Napier University, SWIP, Network Rail and NorthLink Ferries amongst others.

When Victoria draws characters she always draws them with one eye bigger than the other.

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