William J. MacDonald (filmmaker)

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William MacDonald is an American film and television producer and writer.

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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] [4] 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. [5]

MacDonald also wrote an unproduced screenplay based on Iris Chang's bestselling novel The Rape of Nanking. [6]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCredit
1993 Sliver Co-producer
1995 Jade Executive producer
1996 An Occasional Hell Executive producer
1997 The Saint
1999 Molly
One Man's Hero
2017 Grow House Executive producer
As an actor
YearFilmRole
1996 An Occasional Hell Arresting Officer #1

Television

YearTitleCreditNotes
1997 Rough Riders Executive producerTelevision film
2005−07 Rome Executive producer
2017 The Saint Executive producerTelevision film
As writer
YearTitle
2002 Witchblade
2005−07 Rome

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