Kevin Macdonald

Kevin Macdonald

🎞 Director

Born

28 October 1967 (58)

Place of Birth

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),...

Filmography (40)

The Runner

2026

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One to One: John & Yoko

One to One: John & Yoko

2025

7.2
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Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

2025

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Klitschko: More Than a Fight

Klitschko: More Than a Fight

2024

7.8
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High & Low – John Galliano

High & Low – John Galliano

2024

6.2
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Last Song from Kabul

Last Song from Kabul

2023

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It Takes a Flood

It Takes a Flood

2021

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2020: The Story Of Us

2020: The Story Of Us

2021

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Bruno v Tyson

Bruno v Tyson

2021

7.0
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The Mauritanian

The Mauritanian

2021

7.4
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Life in a Day 2020

Life in a Day 2020

2021

8.0
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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

2018

7.2

Return to Podor

2018

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Whitney

Whitney

2018

7.3
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Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

2017

7.0
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Oasis

Oasis

2017

7.4
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Black Sea

Black Sea

2014

6.3
Christmas in a Day

Christmas in a Day

2013

4.0
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How I Live Now

How I Live Now

2013

6.6
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Marley

Marley

2012

7.5
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The Eagle

The Eagle

2011

6.2
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Life in a Day

Life in a Day

2011

7.2
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State of Play

State of Play

2009

6.8
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Capturing Reality

Capturing Reality

2008

6.1
My Enemy's Enemy

My Enemy's Enemy

2007

7.1
The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland

2006

7.4
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Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande

Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande

2004

9.0
Touching the Void: What Happened Next

Touching the Void: What Happened Next

2004

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Touching the Void

Touching the Void

2003

7.6
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Being Mick

Being Mick

2001

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

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

2000

One Day in September

One Day in September

1999

7.3
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A Brief History of Errol Morris

1999

6.8
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Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance

1998

6.0
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Howard Hawks: American Artist

1997

5.8
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Chaplin's Goliath

Chaplin's Goliath

1996

6.5
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Digging Your Own Grave

Digging Your Own Grave

1995

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The Making of an Englishman

The Making of an Englishman

1995

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I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited

1994

6.2

A Spy by Nature

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