Richard Jobson

Born: 1961
Where Fife, Scotland

The former punk star, film critic and fashion model made his directorial debut with the semi-autobiographical 16 Years of Alcohol.

The youngest of five brothers, Jobson's father was a miner while his mother worked in the dockyards on the Firth of Forth.

After an early brush with violent gangs, 16-year-old Jobson and Stuart Adamson formed Scottish punk band The Skids and had a string of hits, including Into The Valley.

At this time he married (and has since divorced) former press officer and now Observer agony aunt Mariella Frostrup.

After the Skids, Jobson performed at Richard Strange's club, Cabaret Futura, and put out a string of albums for the arty French label, Les Disques du Crepescule while living in Brussels.

At one stage, he also worked as a model for designers Commes Des Garcons amongst others.

On his return to Britain, he worked on film and TV theatre programmes, including Sky and the magazine 01 For London.

In 2004, Jobson made his directorial debut with an adaptation of his own book 16 Years of Alcohol.

Future projects include The Purifiers, a low-budget martial arts gang movie.