Kevin Macdonald

Kevin Macdonald

Known for
Directing
Born
October 28, 1967 (age 59)
Birthplace
Glasgow, 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.

Known For

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Filmography

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A Spy by Nature

A Spy by Nature

Movie · Director

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The Moving World of George Rickey

The Moving World of George Rickey

Movie · Director

2026
The Runner poster

The Runner

Movie · Director

2026
A Beautiful Obsession poster

A Beautiful Obsession

TV · Director · 4 eps

2025
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain poster

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

Movie · Director

2025
One to One: John & Yoko poster

One to One: John & Yoko

Movie · Director

2024
Klitschko: More Than a Fight poster

Klitschko: More Than a Fight

Movie · Director

2024
High & Low – John Galliano poster

High & Low – John Galliano

Movie · Director

2023
Last Song from Kabul poster

Last Song from Kabul

Movie · Director

2021
2020: The Story Of Us poster

2020: The Story Of Us

Movie · Director

2021
The Mauritanian poster

The Mauritanian

Movie · Director

2021
Life in a Day 2020 poster

Life in a Day 2020

Movie · Director

2021
Bruno v Tyson poster

Bruno v Tyson

Movie · Director

2021
It Takes a Flood poster

It Takes a Flood

Movie · Director

2021
2020: The Story Of Us

2020: The Story Of Us

TV · Director · 1 ep

2018
Return to Podor

Return to Podor

Movie · Director

2018
Whitney poster

Whitney

Movie · Director

2017
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang poster

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

Movie · Director

2017
Oasis poster

Oasis

Movie · Director

2017
Oasis poster

Oasis

TV · Director · 1 ep

2016
11.22.63 poster

11.22.63

TV · Director · 1 ep

2014
Black Sea poster

Black Sea

Movie · Director

2013
How I Live Now poster

How I Live Now

Movie · Director

2013
Christmas in a Day poster

Christmas in a Day

Movie · Director

2012
Marley poster

Marley

Movie · Director

2011
Life in a Day poster

Life in a Day

Movie · Director

2011
The Eagle poster

The Eagle

Movie · Director

2009
State of Play poster

State of Play

Movie · Director

2007
My Enemy's Enemy poster

My Enemy's Enemy

Movie · Director

2006
The Last King of Scotland poster

The Last King of Scotland

Movie · Director

2004
Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande poster

Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande

Movie · Director

2004
Touching the Void: What Happened Next poster

Touching the Void: What Happened Next

Movie · Director

2003
Touching the Void poster

Touching the Void

Movie · Director

2001
Being Mick poster

Being Mick

Movie · Director

1999
One Day in September poster

One Day in September

Movie · Director

1999
A Brief History of Errol Morris

A Brief History of Errol Morris

Movie · Director

1998
Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance poster

Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance

Movie · Director

1997
Howard Hawks: American Artist

Howard Hawks: American Artist

Movie · Director

1996
Chaplin's Goliath poster

Chaplin's Goliath

Movie · Director

1995
The Making of an Englishman poster

The Making of an Englishman

Movie · Director

1995
Digging Your Own Grave poster

Digging Your Own Grave

Movie · Director