21st May 2013
Gary Douglas - Co-Producer, Co-Writer, Co-Financier and Lead Actor of Gun Of The Black Sun
A film fanatic who grew up in Northern Ireland in the 1960s,
Douglas was influenced by old black-and-white movies on TV, films
watched at his great grandfather's cinema theatre in Coleraine,
Ireland, and a grandmother who played the piano to accompany the
silent movies.
The son of an Irish father and Australian mother, Douglas' own
adventurous background includes several acting roles in Australian
TV, movies, and commercials in the 1980s. His successful modelling
career includes being a former Playgirl pin-up.
But it was his obsession with the iconic Harley-Davidson
motorcycles and commitment to the biker community that enabled him
to fulfil his filmmaking dreams.
Through the bikers, he met Ian Wright and entrepreneur Andrew
Stear, Gun Of The Black Sun's co-producer/executive producer. He
also came across the then unknown Jamie Cullum, now the UK's most
famous jazz vocalist and keyboard player, who is seen playing with
his old band Taxi in the film.