Robin MacPherson (born 1959, Glasgow, Scotland) is a filmmaker and was Chair in Creative Industries at the University of the Highlands and Islands before retiring.
Educated at Garthamlock Secondary School, Glasgow, and at the University of Stirling he entered the film and television industry in 1989 as a producer at Edinburgh Film Workshop Trust where he made documentary, current affairs and drama including the BAFTA-nominated half-hour drama, The Butterfly Man.
In 1997, he established Asylum Pictures, an independent production company whose films include the Scottish-BAFTA nominated documentary, Tree Fellers, and (as co-producer) the award-winning Fellini: I'm a born liar.
From 2008 to 2015 he led ENGAGE, an EU MEDIA-funded collaboration with the Irish, Estonian and Finnish national film schools.
In 2011 he was appointed as Director of the Institute for Creative Industries at Edinburgh Napier University.