American film and television producer and writer
William Macdonald is an American film and television producer and writer.
Career
Macdonald has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Fordham University School of Law in New York.[1][2]
Macdonald worked in international trade and business affairs. Eventually he rose to run Hollywood producer Robert Evans' production company at Paramount Pictures.
Macdonald has a producer, co-producer or executive producer credit on Sliver, Jade, An Occasional Hell, Rough Riders, Molly and One Man's Hero. He co-wrote one episode for the TNT series, Witchblade, which ran from 2001–2002.
He was also a co-creator of the HBO original series Rome (in association of the BBC) along with John Milius and Bruno Heller.[3] MacDonald served as an executive producer and writer on the series. The episode "Caesarion" (2005) was written by Macdonald.
Macdonald also wrote a drama series about the history of New Orleans called Storyville that had begun filming a pilot by January 2016.[4]
Macdonald wrote an unproduced screenplay based on Iris Chang's novel The Rape of Nanking.[5]
Filmography
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
- As an actor
Television
| Year
|
Title
|
Credit
|
Notes
|
| 1997 |
Rough Riders |
Executive producer |
Television film
|
| 2005−07 |
Rome |
Executive producer |
|
| 2017 |
The Saint |
Executive producer |
Television film
|
- As writer
References
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