Kevin Macdonald

Personal Info

Known ForDirecting

Born1967-10-28

BirthplaceGlasgow, Scotland, UK

Kevin Macdonald

Directing

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).

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Notable Works

Prominent titles featuring Kevin Macdonald

The Last King of Scotland

7.4

The Last King of Scotland

2006

State of Play

6.8

2009

The Eagle

6.2

2011

The Mauritanian

7.4

The Mauritanian

2021

Senna

8.1

2010

Black Sea

6.3

2014

How I Live Now

6.6

2013

The Runner

6.8

2026

Filmography

Acting (8)

2018

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blachéas Self

7.2

2014

Black Seaas Himself

6.3

2008

Capturing Realityas Self

6.1

2007

My Enemy's Enemyas Narrator / Interviewer (uncredited)

7.1

2004

Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grandeas Narrator

8.8

2000

A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'as Self

8.0

2000

A Profile of 'The Red Shoes'as Self

5.5

1994

I Know Where I'm Going! Revisitedas Self - Interviewee

6.5

Production & Directing (52)

2026

The RunnerDirector

6.8

2025

One to One: John & YokoDirector

7.1

2025

One to One: John & YokoProducer

7.1

2025

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to BritainDirector

10.0

2024

Klitschko: More Than a FightDirector

8.1

2024

Klitschko: More Than a FightExecutive Producer

8.1

2024

High & Low – John GallianoProducer

6.1

2024

High & Low – John GallianoDirector

6.1

2023

AdriftExecutive Producer

2023

Last Song from KabulDirector

7.0

2023

RebellionExecutive Producer

4.0

2021

It Takes a FloodDirector

2021

The RescueExecutive Producer

8.0

2021

Kipchoge: The Last MilestoneExecutive Producer

7.8

2021

2020: The Story Of UsDirector

2021

Bruno v TysonDirector

7.0

2021

PeléExecutive Producer

7.3

2021

The MauritanianDirector

7.4

2021

Life in a Day 2020Director

8.1

2018

Return to PodorDirector

2018

WhitneyDirector

7.3

2018

7.3

2017

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-QiangDirector

7.0

2017

OasisDirector

7.1

2017

OasisExecutive Producer

7.1

2014

Black SeaDirector

6.3

2014

Black SeaProducer

6.3

2013

Christmas in a DayDirector

4.0

2013

How I Live NowDirector

6.6

2012

MarleyDirector

7.5

2011

The EagleDirector

6.2

2011

Life in a DayDirector

7.2

2010

SennaExecutive Producer

8.1

2009

State of PlayDirector

6.8

2007

My Enemy's EnemyDirector

7.1

2007

My Enemy's EnemyWriter

7.1

2007

My Enemy's EnemyProducer

7.1

2006

The Last King of ScotlandDirector

7.4

2004

Touching the Void: Return to Siula GrandeDirector

8.8

2004

Touching the Void: What Happened NextDirector

2003

Touching the VoidDirector

7.6

2001

Being MickDirector

7.0

1999

One Day in SeptemberDirector

7.3

1999

A Brief History of Errol MorrisDirector

6.8

1998

Donald Cammell: The Ultimate PerformanceDirector

6.5

1997

Howard Hawks: American ArtistDirector

6.2

1996

Chaplin's GoliathWriter

6.6

1996

Chaplin's GoliathDirector

6.6

1995

Digging Your Own GraveDirector

1995

The Making of an EnglishmanDirector

9.0

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A Spy by NatureDirector

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The Moving World of George RickeyDirector

9.0