Kevin Macdonald

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Kevin Macdonald

Directing 58 October 28, 1967

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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, whi…

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The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland

7.4 2006 Movie
State of Play

State of Play

6.8 2009 Movie
11.22.63

11.22.63

7.8 2016 TV Show
The Runner

The Runner

6.8 2026 Movie
The Eagle

The Eagle

6.2 2011 Movie
The Mauritanian

The Mauritanian

7.4 2021 Movie
Senna

Senna

8.1 2010 Movie
Black Sea

Black Sea

6.3 2014 Movie
How I Live Now

How I Live Now

6.6 2013 Movie
Touching the Void

Touching the Void

7.6 2003 Movie
The Rescue

The Rescue

8.0 2021 Movie
Marley

Marley

7.5 2012 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    The Runner

    Movie Director

  2. 2026
    A Beautiful Obsession

    TV show Director

  3. 2025
    One to One: John & Yoko

    Movie Director

  4. 2025
    Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

    Movie Director

  5. 2024
    Four Kings

    TV show Executive Producer

  6. 2024
    Klitschko: More Than a Fight

    Movie Director

  7. 2024
    High & Low – John Galliano

    Movie Producer

  8. 2023
    Adrift

    Movie Executive Producer

  9. 2023
    Last Song from Kabul

    Movie Director

  10. 2023
    Rebellion

    Movie Executive Producer

  11. 2021
    It Takes a Flood

    Movie Director

  12. 2021
    The Rescue

    Movie Executive Producer

  13. 2021
    Kipchoge: The Last Milestone

    Movie Executive Producer

  14. 2021
    Strangest Things

    TV show Presenter

  15. 2021
    2020: The Story Of Us

    Movie Director

  16. 2021
    2020: The Story Of Us

    TV show Director

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  1. 2021
    Bruno v Tyson

    Movie Director

  2. 2021
    Pelé

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2021
    The Mauritanian

    Movie Director

  4. 2021
    Life in a Day 2020

    Movie Director

  5. 2018
    Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

    Movie Self

  6. 2018
    Return to Podor

    Movie Director

  7. 2018
    Whitney

    Movie Director

  8. 2018
    Whitney

    TV show Creator

  9. 2017
    Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

    Movie Director

  10. 2017
    Oasis

    TV show Director

  11. 2017
    Oasis

    Movie Director

  12. 2016
    11.22.63

    TV show Director

  13. 2014
    Black Sea

    Movie Himself

  14. 2013
    Christmas in a Day

    Movie Director

  15. 2013
    How I Live Now

    Movie Director

  16. 2012
    Marley

    Movie Director

  17. 2011
    The Eagle

    Movie Director

  18. 2011
    Life in a Day

    Movie Director

  19. 2010
    Senna

    Movie Executive Producer

  20. 2009
    State of Play

    Movie Director

  21. 2008
    Capturing Reality

    Movie Self

  22. 2007
    My Enemy's Enemy

    Movie Narrator / Interviewer (uncredited)

  23. 2007
    British Film Forever

    TV show

  24. 2006
    The Last King of Scotland

    Movie Director