Kevin Macdonald

Kevin Macdonald earns my trust because he refuses to stay in one lane. The Glasgow-born director won an Oscar for One Day in September, then made the harrowing climbing documentary Touching the Void, the tense drama The Last King of Scotland, the thriller State of Play, and an intimate portrait of Bob Marley. That range is rare. Plenty of filmmakers do fiction or documentary; few wield both with conviction. What I value most is his appetite for real-world weight, stories with moral stakes told without flinching. He feels to me like a serious craftsman chasing truth rather than spectacle, and I keep watching.

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Name (English)

Kevin Macdonald

Name (Japanese)

ケヴィン・マクドナルド

Reading

けゔぃん・まくどなるど

Born

October 28, 1967 (age 59)

Origin

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / film producer / director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Goat

University

Glenalmond College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Macdonald%20(director)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%89%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%20(%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E7%9B%A3%E7%9D%A3)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1344373

Tags

• film director
• screenwriter
• film producer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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