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Kevin Macdonald

Directing
58 years oldGlasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

Kevin Macdonald (born 28 October 1967) is a Scottish film director. His films include  One Day in September (1999), a documentary about the 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes, which won him the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the climbing documentary Touching the Void (2003), the drama The Last King of Scotland (2006), the political thriller State of Play (2009), the Bob Marley documentary Marley (2012), the post-apocalyptic drama How I Live Now (2013), the thriller Black Sea (2014), the Whitney Houston documentary Whitney (2018), and the legal drama film The Mauritanian (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Macdonald (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Details

Born
October 28, 1967
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Known For
Directing

Also Known As

Кевин Макдональд

Movies (44)

One to One: John & Yoko
7.1

One to One: John & Yoko

Director (Directing)

2025

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

Director (Directing)

2025

Klitschko: More Than a Fight
7.8

Klitschko: More Than a Fight

Director (Directing)

2024

High & Low – John Galliano
6.1

High & Low – John Galliano

Producer (Production)

2024

Adrift

Adrift

Executive Producer (Production)

2023

Last Song from Kabul

Last Song from Kabul

Director (Directing)

2023

Rebellion

Rebellion

Executive Producer (Production)

2023

It Takes a Flood

It Takes a Flood

Director (Directing)

2021

The Rescue
8.0

The Rescue

Executive Producer (Production)

2021

Kipchoge: The Last Milestone
7.8

Kipchoge: The Last Milestone

Executive Producer (Production)

2021

2020: The Story Of Us

2020: The Story Of Us

Director (Directing)

2021

Bruno v Tyson
7.0

Bruno v Tyson

Director (Directing)

2021

Pelé
7.3

Pelé

Executive Producer (Production)

2021

The Mauritanian
7.4

The Mauritanian

Director (Directing)

2021

Life in a Day 2020
8.0

Life in a Day 2020

Director (Directing)

2021

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
7.2

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

as Self

2018

Return to Podor

Return to Podor

Director (Directing)

2018

Whitney
7.3

Whitney

Director (Directing)

2018

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
7.0

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

Director (Directing)

2017

Oasis
7.4

Oasis

Director (Directing)

2017

Black Sea
6.3

Black Sea

as Himself

2014

Christmas in a Day
4.0

Christmas in a Day

Director (Directing)

2013

How I Live Now
6.6

How I Live Now

Director (Directing)

2013

Marley
7.5

Marley

Director (Directing)

2012

The Eagle
6.3

The Eagle

Director (Directing)

2011

Life in a Day
7.2

Life in a Day

Director (Directing)

2011

Senna
8.1

Senna

Executive Producer (Production)

2010

State of Play
6.8

State of Play

Director (Directing)

2009

Capturing Reality
6.1

Capturing Reality

as Self

2008

My Enemy's Enemy
7.1

My Enemy's Enemy

as Narrator / Interviewer (uncredited)

2007

The Last King of Scotland
7.4

The Last King of Scotland

Director (Directing)

2006

Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande
9.0

Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande

as Narrator

2004

Touching the Void: What Happened Next

Touching the Void: What Happened Next

Director (Directing)

2004

Touching the Void
7.6

Touching the Void

Director (Directing)

2003

Being Mick

Being Mick

Director (Directing)

2001

A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'

A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'

as Self

2000

One Day in September
7.3

One Day in September

Director (Directing)

1999

A Brief History of Errol Morris
6.8

A Brief History of Errol Morris

Director (Directing)

1999

Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance
6.0

Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance

Director (Directing)

1998

Howard Hawks: American Artist
5.8

Howard Hawks: American Artist

Director (Directing)

1997

Chaplin's Goliath
6.5

Chaplin's Goliath

Writer (Writing)

1996

Digging Your Own Grave

Digging Your Own Grave

Director (Directing)

1995

The Making of an Englishman

The Making of an Englishman

Director (Directing)

1995

I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited
6.2

I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited

as Self - Interviewee

1994

TV Shows (6)