David MacDonald
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 9, 1904
- Died
- June 22, 1983 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Golden Rabbit
Movie · Director
Petticoat Pirates
Movie · Director
Interpol Calling
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Moonraker
Movie · Director
Jack the Ripper
Movie · Director
A Lady Mislaid
Movie · Director
Ivanhoe
TV · Director · 1 ep
Small Hotel
Movie · Director
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · Director · 2 eps
Alias John Preston
Movie · Director
Triple Blackmail
Movie · Director
Man in Demand
Movie · Director
Final Column
Movie · Director
Three Cornered Fate
Movie · Director
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
TV · Director · 11 eps
Devil Girl from Mars
Movie · Director
One Just Man
Movie · Director
The Yellow Robe
Movie · Director
Mark Saber
TV · Director · 9 eps
Operation Malaya
Movie · Director
The Big Frame
Movie · Director
Tread Softly
Movie · Director
Fortune in Diamonds
Movie · Director
Cairo Road
Movie · Director
Diamond City
Movie · Director
Christopher Columbus
Movie · Director
The Bad Lord Byron
Movie · Director
Good-Time Girl
Movie · Director
Snowbound
Movie · Director
The Brothers
Movie · Director
Desert Victory
Movie · Director
This England
Movie · Director
Men of the Lightship
Movie · Director
The Midas Touch
Movie · Director
Law and Disorder
Movie · Director
This Man in Paris
Movie · Director
Riding High
Movie · Director
Spies of the Air
Movie · Director
This Man Is News
Movie · Director
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Movie · Director
Meet Mr. Penny
Movie · Director
Make It Three
Movie · Director
A Spot of Bother
Movie · Director
It's Never Too Late to Mend
Movie · Director
Death Croons the Blues
Movie · Director
The Last Curtain
Movie · Director
Big Brown Eyes
Movie · Assistant Director
Cleopatra
Movie · Assistant Director