Scottish novelist, poet, memoirist, essayist and publicist, whose best known contribution to cinema was "Whiskey Galore", filmed at Ealing. He formerly worked as a literary critic for the London Daily Mail (1931-35) and as rector at Glasgow University (1931-34). He was also founder and editor of Gramophone Magazine (1923-62). The BBC TV series "Monarch of the Glen" (2000-2005) was loosely based on Mackenzie's Highland Novels.