David MacDonald

Career Overview

David MacDonald has 50 screen credits in a career dating back to 1934. Signature works include Final Column, Devil Girl from Mars, The Bad Lord Byron. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

50

Birth Date

1904-05-09

Birth Place

Helensburgh, Scotland, UK

Known For

• Final Column
• 

  Devil Girl from Mars
• The Bad Lord Byron
• 

  Cleopatra
• 

  The Moonraker
• 

  Alias John Preston

Frequent Collaborators

• John Longden (2 collaborations)
• Christopher Lee (2 collaborations)
• Sandra Dorne (2 collaborations)
• Ron Randell (1 collaborations)
• Jeanette Sterke (1 collaborations)
• Kay Callard (1 collaborations)
• Laurence Naismith (1 collaborations)
• Brian Worth (1 collaborations)
• Robert Sansom (1 collaborations)
• Patricia Laffan (1 collaborations)

Credits

• camera (2 credits)

  • The Rocking Horse Winner

    director of photography

    camera
    1982
  • Our Mother's House

    assistant camera

    camera
    1967

• directing (43 credits)

  • The Golden Rabbit

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Petticoat Pirates

    director

    directing
    1961
  • The Moonraker

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Jack the Ripper

    director

    directing
    1958
  • A Lady Mislaid

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Small Hotel

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Alias John Preston

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Three Cornered Fate

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Final Column

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Triple Blackmail

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Man in Demand

    director

    directing
    1955
  • The Yellow Robe

    director

    directing
    1954
  • One Just Man

    director

    directing
    1954
  • Devil Girl from Mars

    director

    directing
    1954
  • Operation Malaya

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Tread Softly

    director

    directing
    1952
  • The Big Frame

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Fortune in Diamonds

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Cairo Road

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Christopher Columbus

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Diamond City

    director

    directing
    1949
  • The Bad Lord Byron

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Good-Time Girl

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Snowbound

    director

    directing
    1948
  • The Brothers

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Desert Victory

    director

    directing
    1943
  • This England

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Law and Disorder

    director

    directing
    1940
  • The Midas Touch

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Men of the Lightship

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Riding High

    director

    directing
    1939
  • This Man in Paris

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Spies of the Air

    director

    directing
    1939
  • This Man Is News

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Meet Mr. Penny

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Dead Men Tell No Tales

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Make It Three

    director

    directing
    1938
  • A Spot of Bother

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Death Croons the Blues

    director

    directing
    1937
  • The Last Curtain

    director

    directing
    1937
  • It's Never Too Late to Mend

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Big Brown Eyes

    assistant director

    directing
    1936
  • Cleopatra

    assistant director

    directing
    1934

• writing (2 credits)

  • Operation Malaya

    writer

    writing
    1953
  • The Brothers

    writer

    writing
    1947

• production (1 credits)

  • Desert Victory

    producer

    production
    1943

• actors (2 credits)

  • Rulers of the Sea

    Clerk (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Special Agent K-7

    Goodwin

    actor

    actors
    1936