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Kevin Macdonald

Known for directing · Born 28 October 1967 · 58 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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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.

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Known for

The Last King of Scotland

2006

State of Play

2009

11.22.63

2016

The Eagle

2011

The Mauritanian

2021

Black Sea

2014

How I Live Now

2013

The Runner

2026

Touching the Void

2003

Marley

2012

Life in a Day

2011

Whitney

2018

Acting (9)

2018Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-BlachéSelfFilm
2014Black SeaHimselfFilm
2008Capturing RealitySelfFilm
2007My Enemy's EnemyNarrator / Interviewer (uncredited)Film
2007British Film ForeverSeries
2004Touching the Void: Return to Siula GrandeNarratorFilm
2000A Profile of 'The Red Shoes'SelfFilm
2000A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'SelfFilm
1994I Know Where I'm Going! RevisitedSelf - IntervieweeFilm

Creator (1)

2018WhitneyCreatorSeries

Crew (1)

2021Strangest ThingsPresenterSeries

Directing (38)

2026The RunnerDirectorFilm
2026A Beautiful ObsessionDirectorSeries
2025One to One: John & YokoDirector, ProducerFilm
2025Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to BritainDirectorFilm
2024Klitschko: More Than a FightDirector, Executive ProducerFilm
2023Last Song from KabulDirectorFilm
2021The MauritanianDirectorFilm
2021Life in a Day 2020DirectorFilm
2021Bruno v TysonDirectorFilm
20212020: The Story Of UsDirectorFilm
2021It Takes a FloodDirectorFilm
20212020: The Story Of UsDirector, CreatorSeries
2018WhitneyDirector, WriterFilm
2018Return to PodorDirectorFilm
2017OasisDirectorSeries
2017OasisDirector, Executive ProducerFilm
2017Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-QiangDirectorFilm
201611.22.63Director, Executive Producer, CreatorSeries
2013How I Live NowDirectorFilm
2013Christmas in a DayDirectorFilm
2012MarleyDirectorFilm
2011The EagleDirectorFilm
2011Life in a DayDirectorFilm
2009State of PlayDirectorFilm
2007My Enemy's EnemyDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
2006The Last King of ScotlandDirectorFilm
2004Touching the Void: Return to Siula GrandeDirectorFilm
2004Touching the Void: What Happened NextDirectorFilm
2003Touching the VoidDirectorFilm
2001Being MickDirectorFilm
1999One Day in SeptemberDirectorFilm
1999A Brief History of Errol MorrisDirectorFilm
1998Donald Cammell: The Ultimate PerformanceDirectorFilm
1997Howard Hawks: American ArtistDirectorFilm
1995The Making of an EnglishmanDirectorFilm
1995Digging Your Own GraveDirectorFilm
—The Moving World of George RickeyDirectorFilm
—A Spy by NatureDirectorFilm

Production (9)

2024High & Low – John GallianoProducer, DirectorFilm
2024Four KingsExecutive ProducerSeries
2023RebellionExecutive ProducerFilm
2023AdriftExecutive ProducerFilm
2021The RescueExecutive ProducerFilm
2021PeléExecutive ProducerFilm
2021Kipchoge: The Last MilestoneExecutive ProducerFilm
2014Black SeaProducer, DirectorFilm
2010SennaExecutive ProducerFilm

Writing (1)

1996Chaplin's GoliathWriter, DirectorFilm