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David MacDonald
Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
David MacDonald (9 May 1904 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire – 22 June 1983 in London) was a Scottish film director, writer and producer. MacDonald was the son of a wealthy landown…
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David MacDonald (9 May 1904 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire – 22 June 1983 in London) was a Scottish film director, writer and producer. MacDonald was the son of a wealthy landowner. His intention was to become a doctor but changed his mind and aged 17 went to Malaya to work on a rubber plantation for seven and a half years. When he had leave to return to Scotland, he travelled via Hollywood and became interested in filmmaking. He returned to Malaya and worked at a plantation in Kedah. According to one story, while in Malaya he met Douglas Fairbanks who encouraged MacDonald to try his luck in Hollywood. MacDonald broke into Hollywood by getting a job as technical adviser on a film Prestige. After that he was out of work for nine months. He eventually gained a job working for Cecil B. DeMille. MacDonald worked as DeMille's assistant on The Sign of the Cross (1932), Four Frightened People (1934), Cleopatra (also 1934) and The Crusades (1935). He worked on Lives of a Bengal Lancer (also 1935) with Henry Hathaway. He also worked for King Vidor and Raoul Walsh. He returned to England with Walsh when the latter came to direct O.H.M.S. (1937) and elected to stay.
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1982
The Rocking Horse Winner
Movie Director of Photography
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1967
Our Mother's House
Movie Assistant Camera
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1962
The Golden Rabbit
Movie Director
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1961
Petticoat Pirates
Movie Director
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1959
Interpol Calling
TV show Director
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1958
The Moonraker
Movie Director
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1958
Jack the Ripper
Movie Director
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1958
Ivanhoe
TV show Director
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1958
A Lady Mislaid
Movie Director
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1957
Small Hotel
Movie Director
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1957
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TV show Director
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1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV show Director
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1955
Alias John Preston
Movie Director
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1955
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
TV show Director
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1955
Final Column
Movie Director
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1955
Triple Blackmail
Movie Director
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1955
Three Cornered Fate
Movie Director
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1955
Man in Demand
Movie Director
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1954
The Yellow Robe
Movie Director
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1954
Mark Saber
TV show Director
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1954
One Just Man
Movie Director
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1954
Devil Girl from Mars
Movie Director
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1953
Operation Malaya
Movie Director
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1952
Tread Softly
Movie Director
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1952
The Big Frame
Movie Director
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1951
Fortune in Diamonds
Movie Director
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1950
Cairo Road
Movie Director
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1949
Christopher Columbus
Movie Director
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1949
Diamond City
Movie Director
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1949
The Bad Lord Byron
Movie Director
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1948
Good-Time Girl
Movie Director
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1948
Snowbound
Movie Director
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1947
The Brothers
Movie Director
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1943
Desert Victory
Movie Director
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1941
This England
Movie Director
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1940
Law and Disorder
Movie Director
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1940
The Midas Touch
Movie Director
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1940
Men of the Lightship
Movie Director
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1939
Riding High
Movie Director
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1939
Rulers of the Sea
Movie Clerk (Uncredited)
