David MacDonald
David MacDonald (9 May 1904 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire – 22 June 1983 in London) was a Scottish film director, writer and producer.
MacDonald was the son of a wealthy landowner. His intention was to become a doctor but changed his mind and aged 17 went to Malaya to work on a rubber plantation for seven and a half years. When he had leave to return to Scotland, he travelled via Hollywood and became interested in filmmaking. He returned to Malaya and worked at a plantation in Kedah. According to one story, while in Malaya he met Douglas Fairbanks who encouraged MacDonald to try his luck in Hollywood.
MacDonald broke into Hollywood by getting a job as technical adviser on a film Prestige. After that he was out of work for nine months.
He eventually gained a job working for Cecil B. DeMille. MacDonald worked as DeMille's assistant on The Sign of the Cross (1932), Four Frightened People (1934), Cleopatra (also 1934) and The Crusades (1935). He worked on Lives of a Bengal Lancer (also 1935) with Henry Hathaway. He also worked for King Vidor and Raoul Walsh. He returned to England with Walsh when the latter came to direct O.H.M.S. (1937) and elected to stay.
Películas (47)
The Rocking Horse Winner
1982 · Director of Photography
Our Mother's House
1967 · Assistant Camera
The Golden Rabbit
1962 · Director
Petticoat Pirates
1961 · Director
The Moonraker
1958 · Director
Jack the Ripper
1958 · Director
A Lady Mislaid
1958 · Director
Small Hotel
1957 · Director
Alias John Preston
1955 · Director
Man in Demand
1955 · Director
Triple Blackmail
1955 · Director
Final Column
1955 · Director
Three Cornered Fate
1955 · Director
The Yellow Robe
1954 · Director
One Just Man
1954 · Director
Devil Girl from Mars
1954 · Director
Operation Malaya
1953 · Director, Writer
Tread Softly
1952 · Director
The Big Frame
1952 · Director
Fortune in Diamonds
1951 · Director
Cairo Road
1950 · Director
Christopher Columbus
1949 · Director
Diamond City
1949 · Director
The Bad Lord Byron
1949 · Director
Good-Time Girl
1948 · Director
Snowbound
1948 · Director
The Brothers
1947 · Director, Writer
Desert Victory
1943 · Director, Producer
This England
1941 · Director
Law and Disorder
1940 · Director
The Midas Touch
1940 · Director
Men of the Lightship
1940 · Director
Riding High
1939 · Director
Rulers of the Sea
1939 · Clerk (Uncredited)
This Man in Paris
1939 · Director
Spies of the Air
1939 · Director
This Man Is News
1938 · Director
Meet Mr. Penny
1938 · Director
Dead Men Tell No Tales
1938 · Director
Make It Three
1938 · Director
A Spot of Bother
1938 · Director
Death Croons the Blues
1937 · Director
The Last Curtain
1937 · Director
It's Never Too Late to Mend
1937 · Director
Special Agent K-7
1936 · Goodwin
Big Brown Eyes
1936 · Assistant Director
Cleopatra
1934 · Assistant Director
