Background
Vaughan was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Peter and Susan Vaughan, and lived in nearby Helensburgh for his first 17 years.
Vaughan was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Peter and Susan Vaughan, and lived in nearby Helensburgh for his first 17 years.
Vaughan also attended weekend acting classes at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, which led to a supporting role in the STV children"s television series Stookie.
His work includes Cold Feet (1999) and He Knew He Was Right (2004) for television, and What Happens in Vegas (2008) and Extraordinary Measures (2010) for cinema. He and a friend acquired a video camera from the friend"s father, which they used make short films. With the £1,000 he made from the series, Vaughan invested in a video camera.
Foreign one of the last childhood films he made, he and his friends used their cars for car chases, but were stopped by local police.
Vaughan later moved to England to study drama at the University of Bristol. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama in 1990.
After graduating, Vaughan moved to London where he produced his first short film, Super Grass (1994). After theatrical distribution alongside Dazed and Confused, Super Grass was broadcast on Channel 4.
Numerous other short films and commercials followed before he began directing mainstream television
His other works include two episodes of the Independent Television comedy drama Cold Feet in 1999, one of which featured the first location filming for the show outside England. Due to last minute script changes, Vaughan led a small production team and two actors on half a days filming in Paris, France. In 2003, he directed Deborah Moggach"s two-part drama Final Demand for British Broadcasting Corporation One.
The next year, he directed the British Broadcasting Corporation adaptation of He Knew He Was Right.
Vaughan credits his work on the British Broadcasting Corporation dramas with sharpening his skills as a director, as the tight schedules meant he had to plan ahead. In 2006, he directed the Playtone/British Broadcasting Corporation Films feature film Starter for 10, and in 2008 the Regency Enterprises feature film What Happens in Vegas.
Starter for 10 got him the job directing the Columbia Broadcasting System Films feature Extraordinary Measures, starring Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford. lieutenant was released in the United States in January 2010.
Vaughan was pleased to be able to work with Ford, as Star Wars had inspired him to make his first amateur films.
In 2011, Vaughan directed the Miley Cyrus feature So Undercover and is scheduled to direct the romantic comedy Boomsday.
