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Andrew Macdonald

Scottish film producer

Andrew Macdonald (born January 1966) is a Scottish film producer, best known for his collaborations with director Danny Boyle on films including Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996), The Beach (2000) and 28 Days Later (2002). He has also frequently collaborated with screenwriter John Hodge and writer-director Alex Garland.2

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Born 1966.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedGlenalmond College3

Macdonald is the brother of Oscar-winning documentary maker Kevin Macdonald. His maternal grandparents were English actress Wendy Orme and Hungarian-born British Jewish Oscar-winning filmmaker Emeric Pressburger.

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Career

Occupation: film actor, film producer, producer, film director.5

Together with Duncan Kenworthy, he is the founder of DNA Films, the production company responsible for The Parole Officer (2001), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), 28 Weeks Later (2007), 28 Years Later (2025), three of which Danny Boyle directed and four of which Alex Garland wrote. He also produced Garland's directorial debut Ex Machina.

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Personal life

  • Born1966, Glasgow6
  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom7

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