Kevin Macdonald
Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Kevin Macdonald's first feature, One Day In September, won an Oscar for Best Documentary in 2000. His second feature, Touching the Void premiered at Telluride 2003 and was released in the UK in December 2003 and in the US in January 2004. Awards include a BAFTA for Best British Film and the Evening Standard Award for Best British Film, and it is the highest grossing British documentary in UK box office history. Kevin's first feature-length drama, The Last King of Scotland, starring Forest Whitaker, premiered at Telluride and was released in the UK and the US in 2006. Awards include BAFTA for Best British Film (Alexander Korda Award) and Best Adapted Screenplay. Forest Whitaker won an Academy Award and a BAFTA for his portrayal of Idi Amin. Other feature drama credits include State of Play, starring Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck, and The Eagle, adapted from Rosemary Sutcliffe's The Eagle of the Ninth and starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell. Other documentary credits include Life In A Day, which received a BIFA nomination, and as Executive Produceron Senna which won the BAFTA for Best Documentary. His most recent feature is Marley, the acclaimed documentary about Bob Marley's life and work was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2013 BAFTAs as well as receiving a GRAMMY and a BIFA nomination.
Kevin co-edited The Faber Book Of Documentary (1997), and wrote Emeric Pressburger: The Life And Death Of A Screenwriter (Faber, 1994, winner of BFI film book of the year and shortlisted for the NCR non-fiction prize).
Kevin’s next film to be released in 2013 is How I Live Now starring Saoirse Ronan and Tom Holland.
Film
Production | Company | Notes |
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BLACK SEA 2014 | Cowboy Films / Focus Features | Prods: Charles Steel, Kevin Macdonald |
HOW I LIVE NOW 2013 | Cowboy Films / Passion Pictures | Adaptation of Meg Rosoff’s multi-award-winning novel. Starring Saoirse Ronan and Tom Holland. |
MARLEY 2011 | Tuff Gong/Shangri-La | Director. The official Bob Marley documentary. |
LIFE IN A DAY 2011 | Scott Free/YouTube | Documentary |
THE EAGLE 2011 | Toledo Films/ Focus Features | From the novel by Rosemary Sutcliffe |
STATE OF PLAY 2009 | Universal Studios | Starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Helen Mirren * Nominated London Critics' Circle 2010: British Director of the Year |
MY ENEMY'S ENEMY 2006 | Company Pictures / Working Title | Documentary on the story of Klaus Barbie |
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND 2005 | DNA / Fox Searchlight / Cowboy / Film Four | Feature * Nominated, BAFTA 2007 – Best Film |
TOUCHING THE VOID 2003 | Darlow Smithson / Film Council / FilmFour / Pathe US Distribution: IFC Films | Dramatised documentary based on the book by Joe Simpson. |
BEING MICK 2001 | Jagged Films / CH4 | Authorised feature-length documentary on Mick Jagger. TX: 22nd November, 9pm, CH4 |
THE MAN WHO LISTENED TO BRITAIN 2000 | CH4 | A portrait of the surrealist painter, anthropologist and film-maker, Humphrey Jennings. |
ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER 1999 | Arthur Cohn / BBC/ British Screen | 93 mins, 35mm. Feature documentary. |
THE MOVING WORLD OF GEORGE RICKEY 1998 | BBC | 56 mins, S 16mm. Documentary about the renowned kinetic sculptor. |
DONALD CAMMELL: THE ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE 1997 | BBC / Arts Council | 75 mins, S 35mm. Feature documentary. |
HOWARD HANKS: AMERICAN ARTIST 1997 | BFI / BBC / Bravo / Canal + / Star, etc | 60 mins, 16mm. |
WITNESS: THE MAKING OF AN ENGLISHMAN 1996 | Figment Films / CH4 / Hungarian TV | 50 mins, 16mm. Documentary about actor who played the villain in Chaplin’ films |
CHAPLIN'S GOLIATH 1996 | Figment Films / STV | 50 mins, 16mm. Documentary about actor who played the villain in Chaplin’ films |
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
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11/22/63 2015 | Bad Robot/Warner Bros | Prods: JJ Abrams, Joseph Boccia, Athena Wickham |
Other
Production | Company | Notes |
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KINDERTRANSPORT - Executive Producer 1998 | BBC | 30 mins, digi-beta. Documentary about Jewish child refugees coming to Britain. |
SHOOT OUT IN SWANSEA: THE MAKING OF TWIN TOWN - Executive Producer 1997 | BBC | 70 mins, video. |