PATSI MACKENZIE
Patsi is a screenwriter from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. She began her career as a researcher and presenter, before training with STV and the BBC.
She has worked across all aspects of television production, establishing her own independent company Sorbier Productions in 2005. Sorbier produced documentary, drama, docu-drama and children’s content, garnering a raft of awards and nominations from RTS, BAFTA and Celtic Media Festival.
Having written many of her own scripts as a producer, in recent years Patsi has embarked on a freelance writing career. She is Lead Writer on the drama serial An Clò Mòr (The Great Cloth) for BBC ALBA, broadcast on the channel in 2023 and set to return for a second series in 2024. Patsi is currently working with Black Camel Pictures on a script commission, and also has several other projects in development.