Early in his career, Don Jack was honoured to illustrate priceless treasures from the British Museum’s Sutton Hoo Burial, which became the subject of the 2021 film The Dig.

This was not Don Jack’s first tentative brush with Hollywood. His music was once considered for the film Loch Ness, starring Ted Danson and Joely Richardson. His artwork for Wet Wet Wet became closely associated with Richard Curtis’s Four Weddings and a Funeral, featuring Hugh Grant. However, a more significant milestone in Jack’s career was meeting Dave Prowse, the actor behind Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, which solidified his connection to the film industry.

Following this pivotal encounter, Don Jack founded The Scottish Museum of Movie Magic. Over the past twenty years, the museum has amassed one of Europe’s largest privately-owned collections of original, screen-used movie props and costumes. The museum now provides blockbuster exhibitions to prestigious institutions worldwide, including The National Trust, Titanic Belfast, National Museum of Scotland, the Rosemary Clooney Museum in Kentucky, and the Sharjah International Book Fair.

In addition to his curatorial achievements, Don Jack has contributed to the Director’s Fund of the National Museum of American History – Smithsonian, aiding in the preservation and display of original movie props from The Wizard of Oz.