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Kevin Macdonald

Director

Kevin Macdonald

Born October 28, 1967 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK37 films

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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The Mauritanian poster7.4The Mauritanian2021State of Play poster6.8State of Play2009Touching the Void poster7.6Touching the Void2003How I Live Now poster6.6How I Live Now2013The Eagle poster6.2The Eagle2011Black Sea poster6.3Black Sea2014The Runner poster6.8The Runner2026Marley poster7.5Marley2012

Filmography

37 films as director
  1. TBAA Spy by NatureDirector
  2. TBAThe Moving World of George RickeyDirector
  3. 2026The RunnerDirector
  4. 2025One to One: John & YokoDirector
  5. 2025Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to BritainDirector
  6. 2024Klitschko: More Than a FightDirector
  7. 2024High & Low – John GallianoDirector
  8. 2023Last Song from KabulDirector
  9. 2021It Takes a FloodDirector
  10. 20212020: The Story Of UsDirector
  11. 2021Bruno v TysonDirector
  12. 2021The MauritanianDirector
  13. 2021Life in a Day 2020Director
  14. 2018Return to PodorDirector
  15. 2018WhitneyDirector
  16. 2017Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-QiangDirector
  17. 2017OasisDirector
  18. 2014Black SeaDirector
  19. 2013Christmas in a DayDirector
  20. 2013How I Live NowDirector
  21. 2012MarleyDirector
  22. 2011The EagleDirector
  23. 2011Life in a DayDirector
  24. 2009State of PlayDirector
  25. 2007My Enemy's EnemyDirector
  26. 2006The Last King of ScotlandDirector
  27. 2004Touching the Void: Return to Siula GrandeDirector
  28. 2004Touching the Void: What Happened NextDirector
  29. 2003Touching the VoidDirector
  30. 2001Being MickDirector
  31. 1999One Day in SeptemberDirector
  32. 1999A Brief History of Errol MorrisDirector
  33. 1998Donald Cammell: The Ultimate PerformanceDirector
  34. 1997Howard Hawks: American ArtistDirector
  35. 1996Chaplin's GoliathDirector
  36. 1995Digging Your Own GraveDirector
  37. 1995The Making of an EnglishmanDirector