Photo by Kevin J Thomson
Kieran Howe
Director and founder of Oddness, Kieran believes in the power of stories to create a world less ordinary.
For more than a decade, he has created docs, music videos, live performance and commercial films. His debut documentary My First Movie was executive produced by Barbara Broccoli while he was studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
His work for the BBC includes Joesef: I Think I Miss Glasgow and Ewan McVicar: Back Tae Ayr, which was shortlisted for Best Short-Form Documentary at the 2024 Broadcast Digital Awards. He has also directed more than a dozen live sessions and music videos with artists including Franz Ferdinand and Lauren Mayberry.
His music work includes producing Eubha Akilade’s Lonely Girl for Lucia & the Bestboys and creating tour films for Mogwai. Other commissions have taken him from the Scottish Highlands for Glenmorangie’s Once Upon a Time in Scotland to the rehearsal studios of Scottish Ballet for Dickson Mbi’s Twice-Born.
The people around the work matter too. Kieran spent three years as Chair of GMAC Film and continues to work with Tiny Changes, Scotland’s youth mental health charity.
Today, he is building Oddness with a simple aim: be the odd one out.

