David MacDonald
Biography
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.
Acting (2 movies)
Directing (34 movies)

Alias John Preston
1955

Devil Girl from Mars
1954

The Big Frame
1952

The Brothers
1947

Good-Time Girl
1948

Diamond City
1949

Desert Victory
1943

It's Never Too Late to Mend
1937

Tread Softly
1952

Christopher Columbus
1949

Snowbound
1948

This Man in Paris
1939

Petticoat Pirates
1961

This England
1941

This Man Is News
1938

Cairo Road
1950

The Moonraker
1958

Operation Malaya
1953

Fortune in Diamonds
1951

Dead Men Tell No Tales
1938
Men of the Lightship
1940
The Golden Rabbit
1962
Death Croons the Blues
1937

Small Hotel
1957
The Bad Lord Byron
1949
Riding High
1939
Jack the Ripper
1958
Three Cornered Fate
1955

Spies of the Air
1939
The Midas Touch
1940
A Spot of Bother
1938
The Last Curtain
1937

A Lady Mislaid
1958

Law and Disorder
1940
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Desert Victory | 1943 | Producer | 
| The Brothers | 1947 | Writer | 
| Operation Malaya | 1953 | Writer | 

