Kevin MacDonald

Kevin Macdonald (born October 28, 1967) is a Scottish director, best known for his films One Day in September, State of Play, The Last King of Scotland and Touching the Void. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the grandson of actress Wendy Orme and Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger, and educated at Glenalmond College. His brother Andrew is a film producer. Macdonald is a second cousin of comedian Norm Macdonald. In 1999, he married Tatiana Lund, with whom he has three sons and lives in North London. He began his career with a biography of his grandfather, The Life and Death of a Screenwriter (1994), which he turned into the documentary The Making of an Englishman (1995). After making a series of biographical...